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...

I have a confession to make this morning...I absolutely love Fall!  And as an ex-schoolteacher, I still get goosebumps watching my...

If you've had an ear to our noisy world out there these days, you have been hearing a plethora of voices sharing their views about...

UKRANIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES TRAINING FOR THIS YEAR'S OLYMPICS A couple of years ago I met someone in the Safeway store that I remembered...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about hearing.  Last week I put on a hearing aid for the first time, and while I think this device is...

Woot! Woot!! The Olympic games are here! Are you watching? Wow! There are some amazing stories out there...and some great performances....

This past couple of weeks, partly because I can’t bear listening to the Mariners lose anymore (it’s been a horrific couple of weeks for...

I have to admit it.  I usually force myself to watch both the Republican and Democratic National Convention every 4 years.  I mean I’m a...

Let me just admit it...I didn’t want to go to camp this year!  Every year I sign up to go with joy in my heart, but this year my calendar...

Look, I would never say that our loving God causes tragedy. Never. But...sometimes tragedies have a way of birthing incredible blessing....