Archives of the weekly teachings at Linden Road Presbyterian Church in Mansfield Ohio. You’ll also find archives of other useful conversations that Pastor Tom Roepke engages in from time to time.
It’s just a storm. You’ll get through it. What can I learn from this season?" — Annette Ward Facing Stage 3 cancer didn't stop Annette Ward from serving others. Through six grueling rounds of chemo, she kept walking into the jail to encourage her clients. Now, she's taking on a 343-mile bike ride to honor first responders fighting their own battles with trauma and illness. Join us for Part 4 of…
Welcome to Week 3 of our worship series, Ride Different! 🚴♂️✨ In professional cycling, the domestique is the rider who willingly takes the wind, carries the water, and serves the team so everyone makes it across the finish line. Today, we sit down with parishioner and author Phil Holloway to talk about a lifetime of service—from Congress and FEMA to 55 years in the choir—and his brand-new…
What happens when you execute every strategy, do everything right, and still hit an unexpected patch of loose gravel on the road of life? In Part 2 of the "Riding Different" series, we take a look at how to navigate the unpredictable turns of leadership, family, and faith. Moving between the 30-mph intensity of the Tour de France and a quiet 2-mph walk with a 20-month-old granddaughter in a French…
We're diving into a powerful new perspective shift with "Riding Different: Kingdom Leadership at Full Speed." Forget slow-burn leadership. In this talk, we unpack a dynamic model of leadership that operates with the urgency, passion, and collaborative strength of a professional cycling team. We use the world's toughest races as the ultimate metaphor for the challenges and triumphs of…
Has the stress of daily life stolen your smile? Welcome to the Grand Finale of Book Club! 📖🎈 As the summer wraps up, cultural burnout is real. Between hectic schedules, running on the daily hamster wheel, and endless distractions, it is incredibly easy to feel entirely drained. Today, for our final installment of Book Club we are breaking out of that exhaustion. In this finale, a celebrated…
Tired of compromising? It’s time to build some serious holy grit. Welcome to Week 3 of Book Club! 📖⚡️ We are past the midway point of summer, and it is easy to let our spiritual routines drift. Today we are bringing a message with some serious backbone. This week’s featured speaker actually has a deep history with our pastor—they met all the way back in 2005 as youth pastors in the Purpose Driven…
Stuck in the waiting room of life? Welcome to Week 2 of our brand-new series, Book Club! 📖✨ Summer is in full swing, and while the days are fast, sometimes our personal lives can feel completely on pause. Today, we are continuing our 4-part series. In this week's message, a powerhouse author and speaker delivers a perspective shift on what to do when God says "wait." If you are currently waiting…
Some of our most profound spiritual growth happens when we step outside of our usual routine and listen to someone else’s story. Kickstarting our 4-part Book Club series—in partnership with the Life.Church Open Network—this message features a globally recognized leadership expert delivering a vital truth: You are entirely one decision away from a different ending. Our legacy—whether in our homes,…
The corrosion we feel happens when we expect a political figure or a government to protect a dream that only God can sustain." As our nation navigates shifting definitions of the American Dream and cultural anxiety over systemic decay, where should believers anchor their hope? In the conclusion of this special two-part pre-July 4th series on Heartfelt Mornings , Pastor Tom Roepke joins Burch and…
As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we often look strictly at political philosophy to understand our history. But what does the actual math show about the spiritual climate of early America? 🇺🇸✨ Welcome to Part 1 of our special conversation on Heartfelt Radio. In this segment, Pastor Tom sits down with Heartfelt Mornings cohosts Lisa Friend and Bruchon English to discuss the deep,…
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on the digital noise? 📱 In this message, Pastor Tom concludes series, Crushing Chaos, with a powerful look at how to transition from the exhaustion of the world’s patterns into the peace of God's Garden. We often focus so much on what we gain from technology that we completely blind ourselves to what we are giving up. Technology was designed for convenience,…