(Note: the insight for this writing comes from a wonderful colleague of mine, Rev. Janelle Kurtz. I want to thank her for her amazing...

One of my favorite stories to tell is a story told by a D.S. friend of mine, Rev. Boyd Blumer. For those of you who don’t know the United...

In times like this, I find it helpful to read about other folks who are in similar situations.  During the 1930’s our country was going...

Every once in a while, light comes to us not as a slow sleepy sunrise, but as a meteor.   Jack London, in his amazing quote, put it best...

I’ve never been a touchy/feely guy. As your pastor, I think you should probably be thankful for that.  When I give a hug, I almost always...

Some doors are made of wood   And some of fear.              Inside, you hear             The knocking, wonder: Should  ...

This morning I share a writing by Steve Charleston from his book, “Hope as Old as Fire”. “The Christmas manger, the sentimental scene,...

My favorite part of Christmas day as a kid wasn’t the presents, believe it or not, it was all the McBride’s—all 10 of us—piling into the...

Sometimes the only truth I know is the love I see in your eyes. Like all frail people of all frail times, I have wrapped cold history...

Years ago, as a young pastor, a young woman entered my office on Thanksgiving Eve.  She was nervous.  I thought it might have been...

I just love this season! We are getting close to the most wonderful time of the year...the giving season...Thanksgiving and Christmas....

This last month, I have been reading a book with some of you called “Field Notes for the Wilderness”  written by Sarah Bessey. In the...

So, I’ve never been at a United Methodist Church like Bear Creek UMC! It’s unique, just like every United Methodist Church is!  Thank...

I’m kind of proud of myself today.  Today I officially have walked 10,000 steps every day for the last two months! Not an easy feat...

Confession. I don’t always read the whole book! It’s not intentional.  I mean I usually buy a book with the intention of reading it all...

When I was 5 years old I opened the door to my father’s office. He had a small office on the other side of the living room. I wasn’t in...

One of the wonderful gifts God often gives us at Bear Creek UMC is guests, or as we like to call them here at Bear Creek UMC...gifts....

One of the nursery rhymes that still sticks in my mind is this one: “Jack be nimble, jack be quick. Jack jump over the candlestick!” I...

(In the next couple of months, Pastor Brook is going to be sharing some of the many reasons he loves Bear Creek UMC, in hopes that it...

When I was in high school, one of the “go to” choral pieces was Randall Thompson’s choral setting of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not...