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Author Thomas Greaves’s New Book, “Go! Set a Watchman,” is a Devotional Book That Encourages Readers to Become Open Instruments for God’s Purposes to Flow Through Them
For twenty-one years, author Thomas Greaves served in the Air Force’s Tactical Air Command, working on fighter, attack, and special operations aircraft. It was the advent of smart weapon technology using tactical radar to pinpoint enemy tanks and positions. Using precise military-grade lasers would give the pilot day or night point-and-click capability to destroy enemy tanks and ships. Infrared night vision cameras gave no sanctuary in the darkness as anything that had heat would light up on the pilot’s cockpit screen. For six of those years, he worked in the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) operating and maintaining the night vision FLIR systems on the C141B transport aircraft and AC130 gunship attack aircraft. He received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal during Desert Storm for missions completed as an aircrew member, carrying Special Forces teams to classified targets in the Middle East during the 1990s. Thomas also received many commendations for weapon system improvements, earning the rank of Technical Sergeant. Thomas volunteered himself to serve three tours of duty, totaling eight years at bases just twenty minutes by air from the communist North Korean border. In the military, you travel a lot, and post-military yearning to travel did not slow down either, traveling to Canada, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Jamaica, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Kuwait, Guam, Germany, Greece, Cyprus and Crete, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, and Jordan.
Thomas is conversant in speaking and reading Russian and Korean languages and is restarting his love of playing the Scottish Highland bagpipes. He is also a Guinness Book of World Records holder for the largest gathering of Shofar sounders in the world, gathered in Whippany, New Jersey, in September 2014.
He was featured on “The Jim Bakker Show” during the 2016 tour of Israel and has recently been retracing Apostle Paul’s journeys through the Mediterranean Sea. Thomas was also featured in the biographical movie, “Harbinger Man: The Jonathan Cahn Story.” He is currently serving God as His watchman and is serving in ministries at the Beth Israel Congregation in Wayne, New Jersey.
Thomas writes, “It all started on a seventy-two-acre farm in Upstate New York on the rolling mountains near Watkins Glen. My parents were active in the First Baptist Church near the southern end of Seneca Lake. This is wine country. I remember I was six or seven years young when my mother asked me if I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart and the words I spoke were, ‘I know Jesus. I love Jesus!’ I still have the first Bible I ever had. It has a painting of Jesus with all these children sitting around Him as our loving Savior. In my mind’s eye, I can see the water baptism pool at the First Baptist Church there, the rich wood tones of the church pews and the red carpeting and the pastor dunking me underneath the waters. Our family moved to a Christian dude ranch in Northwestern Pennsylvania called the Miracle Mountain Ranch. My parents were the hired ranch hands to Pastor Limbaugh who ran the Western-style ranch as a Christian retreat center with country cabins, riding horses and cattle. It was here that my mother would start speaking in a strange language that really sounded out of this world, and it was a Holy Spirit language. We would go to praise and worship meetings, and at one of these, there was a report of a young ranch hand being injured after his tractor overturned. She ran out to see him and, when she got back, stated that the young man had broken his arm and that my mother had prayed over him, and his arm was healed right there. I was amazed by this Jesus that we could pray to and supernaturally heal the sick and injured.”
Published by Covenant Books of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Thomas Greaves’s new book inspires readers to protect themselves by putting on the full armor of God to be ready for the greatest of special operations missions.
Readers can purchase “Go! Set a Watchman” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
Covenant Books is an international Christian owned and operated publishing house based in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Covenant Books specializes in all genres of work which appeal to the Christian market. For additional information or media inquiries, contact Covenant Books at 843-507-8373.
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Cary Elwes, Gates McFadden, Walter Koenig, Manny Jacinto Added to FAN EXPO Portland Celebrity Lineup
Elwes gained wide acclaim for his portrayal of “Wesley” in the 1987 classic The Princess Bride and reached new audiences by headlining the Mel Brooks spoof Robin Hood: Men in Tights and later Saw. He also recently appeared in the Tom Cruise features Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One and Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning and portrays “Mayor Larry Kline” in Stranger Things 3.
McFadden had the key role of “Beverly Crusher” in TNG, reprising the role in Picard, Prodigy and other iterations of the franchise. She is also a stage actress, choreographer, director, teacher, and was the host of more than 300 episodes of the podcast “Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are?”
Koenig is best known for his recurring television portrayals both of the hated, intensely driven “Alfred Bester” (Babylon 5) and the likable, perpetually cheerful “Pavel Chekov” (Star Trek). Koenig’s film work includes the first seven Star Trek feature films, for which he earned two Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor nominations. His many other films have been independent projects with challenging roles.
Jacinto played “Jason Mendoza” on the full four-season run of The Good Place (2016-20) and later appeared as “Lt. Fritz Avalone” in the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. Also among his more than 50 TV and film credits are runs on the Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers and the animated series Hailey’s on It!
Peggy, earning the title of “Britain’s Ugliest Dog” in a national competition there, has gone on to stardom as “Dogpool” in the Marvel Universe in Deadpool & Wolverine. A portion of proceeds from her appearance at FAN EXPO Portland will support a local charity in the Pacific Northwest.
The five bolster an already impressive FAN EXPO Portland celebrity roster that includes:
• The Lord of the Rings headliners Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan
• Mike Colter (Luke Cage, Men in Black³)
• Josh Holloway (Lost, Yellowstone)
• Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• Harry Potter duo of Matthew Lewis and Bonnie Wright
• Judith Hoag (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Armageddon)
• Robbie Rist (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Brady Bunch)
• Ernie Reyes Jr. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
• Brian Tochi (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Revenge of the Nerds)
• Kenn Scott (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, director/Adventures of Johnny Tao)
• François Chau (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lost)
• Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!, American Dad)
• Cedric Yarbrough (Reno 911!, The Goldbergs)
• My Hero Academia standouts Eric Vale, David Matranga, J. Michael Tatum, Brandon McInnis and Clifford Chapin
• Hazbin Hotel regulars Christian Borle, Joel Perez and Krystina Alabado
More FAN EXPO Portland guest announcements will follow from the worlds of film, television, streaming, art, literature, gaming, cosplay, anime, animation and more in the coming weeks.
Adult, Youth and Child Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, Family passes, and Ultimate and VIP Packages for FAN EXPO Portland are available now at www.fanexpoportland.com. Advance pricing is available until January 1.
Portland is the second event on the 2026 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events.
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Nashville Lavender Pioneer Gigi de Lugo Secures Majority Ownership of Permanent Farm in Joelton, Tennessee
Lloyd Traven, President of Peace Tree Farm, the original breeder of these global-standard varieties, praises de Lugo’s early foresight and influence:
“Over a period of the last decade, Gigi has been highlighting our introductions that have become the Gold Standard for lavender worldwide, and she was an early proponent because she saw the extra value of these introductions… Once she knew the plants were different and far superior, she committed to making the right choice for her customers. She can now proudly say that she has started over 30 new farms on their journey across an area ranging from Virginia through to Iowa!”
From its original rented fields in Whites Creek—Gigi’s Lavender, was celebrated by “Garden & Gun” magazine as one of the South’s top lavender destinations—the licensed nursery has supplied thousands of Peace Tree-bred plants throughout Tennessee and beyond. In 2019, de Lugo founded “The Lavender Exchange (TLx),” an exclusive membership alliance offering ongoing technical support, resource sharing, cooperative marketing, and agritourism promotion to farms that source their plants exclusively from Gigi’s Nursery.
Traven also highlights the impact of this network: “Gigi also knows the great importance and value of marketing with expression of clear benefits and a clear message. She created the Lavender Exchange with this in mind—to provide an outlet for cooperative marketing and sharing of equipment and machinery and product ideas.”
This strengthened ownership ensures continuity for de Lugo’s research, educational outreach, and product innovation at the Joelton location, including her newest Patent Pending offering, “ZWave Mg”—a topical magnesium spray infused with pure Phenomenal lavender hydrosol steam-distilled exclusively from flowers grown by TLx member farms. Designed for relaxation, muscle relief, and better sleep, ZWave Mg showcases the wellness potential of Southern-grown lavender.
“This milestone gives us the stability and security to continue investing in our Southern lavender research, development, product distribution, and growing community of the farms we support through The Lavender Exchange (TLx),” said Gigi de Lugo. “From the beginning I set out to prove lavender could become a viable cash crop for Tennessee and Southern farms—not only a pretty agritourism field, but a real harvestable commodity built on Phenomenal®. It took courageous pioneers willing to bet on the unproven and stay the course with me. These years, alongside the extraordinary farmers of our TLx family, have been one of the greatest adventures of my life.”
Experience the pure essence of Southern lavender: Gigi’s premium products, including the breakthrough ZWave Mg, are available exclusively through her website, and retail partners across Tennessee. Gigi is in discussion with a Nashville based manufacturer to expand her ZWave Mg production capacity for 2026.
About Gigi’s Lavender Nursery & Farm
Gigi’s Lavender Nursery & Farm is a Tennessee-licensed grower and an exclusive Southeast source for Peace Tree Farm’s Phenomenal®, Sensational!®, Exceptional!®, Inspirational!® lavender cultivars. It serves as headquarters for The Lavender Exchange (TLx), a premier network advancing lavender agriculture and agritourism across the South and Midwest.
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