Real name: Thomas N. Tomaszek

Christian music songwriter, director, musician, recording artist, author, liturgist, youth ministry trainer, educator, teacher, and keynote presenter. He is the pastoral director of an online resource for spiritual growth and renewal. Tom’s diverse ministry career includes directing the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s youth ministry office, serving on the campus ministry at Alverno College, teaching at Cardinal Stritch University and over 40 years serving as a pastoral musician. Tom organized liturgy and music conferences for OCP Publications, coordinated the development of Spirit & Song, and later served as OCP Publications’s director of the Artists and Repertoire. He holds a master’s in theological studies from St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee and a master’s in education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Over the years, Tom has collaborated with many talented composers and artists and published several well-known collections including Live It! and Pray Your Heart. His most recent collections are Abundant Blessings: Songs from the Hillside and the revised Mass of a Joyful Heart, co-written with Steve Angrisano. Currently, Tom and his wife, Kimi, live in Oregon, and minister together at The Five Loaves, creating weekly reflection videos and leading parish missions and ministry retreats.