Tom Gilbert is a writer, Christian, husband, father, brother, son and continually seeker on the spiritual path. He writes about life and faith issues at www.livingthesolution.com and is experiencing God through interaction with others.
The first of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous declares that one is powerless over alcohol and their life is unmanageable. In a very real and vivid way the movie “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) demonstrates this. Jeff...
The exciting rock band Switchfoot makes an Albuquerque appearance at an intimate and historic venue tomorrow night. The Historic El Rey Theater (fresh off an eclectic benefit show to help Haiti earthquake relief) will host the San Diego based band...
The Historic El Rey Theater, downtown Albuquerque at 688 Central Avenue NW, has been the sight of many great shows over the years. It has also been a place where people come together to help. In fact, Calvary of Albuquerque...
When I am in conversation with others about the spiritual life it seems many of them think of life as having different parts. They compartmentalize life into work, home, nature and religion. But really isn’t there One Great...
Education is an essential ingredient to a better and fuller life. Most would agree with that. How your children are educated is something every parent must consider. Christians will want their children to get a good education that also...
The devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12 has relief agencies scrambling to help an already impoverished country. Estimates of 100,000 or more deaths are hard to comprehend. When confronted with such great suffering we...
When my friend lent me a copy of Same Kind of Different as Me, he warned, “This is a hard book to read”. Ok, I thought, as he handed it to me, but I wasn’t sure...
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" (Revelations 21:5 – NIV)“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come...
By now a lot of people have seen the new blockbuster movie, Avatar. It is indeed a stunning visual film, but it also contains some interesting spiritual themes. There is the big one – good versus evil. But there are...
When I was a young boy one of my fondest memories of Christmas was when my parents would read us the Christmas story from the Bible (Luke 2) while my sister, brother and I sipped hot chocolate in our pajamas...