I remember on the first day of school when a group of strangers, soon to be classmates, would nervously file into the new classroom, slip into the desk with their name on it and soon, the teacher would always play a “Get to Know You” game. I dreaded these games, in fact I slipped down into my seat little by little as the teacher would cheerfully announce, “OK class, now what I want you to do is say your name and tell us one thing about yourself.”

Get to know you games at Tommy Nelson

Isn’t it funny how things change when you get older? I now love these games and more than anything, enjoy connecting with people. This is one thing that all of us here at the Tommy Team have in common. We love connecting with you, parents, pastors, educators, experts, writers and above all, children. The best part about it is we see that as one of the most important parts of our job, which I love. “Our role is to assist the connection and stimulation of these young promising minds and hearts.”

With our brand spankin’ new website and blog, it is our purpose and our prayer to connect, learn, engage and hopefully assist. We hope to not only connect you with our fabulously fun Tommy Team but also our authors, other moms in the community, experts and leaders who all have one thing in common: a love of children and the desire to reach them with the message of Christ. Because isn’t that really the thread that connects us all?

So with that said, my name is Jacklyn Johnston, publicist here at Tommy and myself along with the wonderful Abby Barnhart our Tommy Jack of All Trades, will be your tour guides. We will be updating the blog once a week with posts from our talented team, amazing authors and guests. But before we get this show on the road, take a sec to check out the site and see what we’re all about here at Tommy.

• See what we’re all about and why we love what we do
• Hear from our authors
• Get free stuff- who doesn’t like a contest?
• Need something to occupy the kids? A Gigi coloring sheet or Hermie word search? We’ve got it right here.
• Tell us what you think

Welcome to the Tommy family! We’re so glad you’re here. Let us know what issues you deal with, what you want to know from our team and authors and how we can help you engage with children and nurture their young faith.