When I was serving a small church in East Texas while I was going to seminary, two little boys walked across the back yard to their...

One of the toughest moments of my vocational life happened in my first year of full-time ministry.  Right in the middle of Holy Week,...

Sometimes when I think of the plethora of problems this world has, I find myself throwing up my hands in frustration! I feel like a...

We’ve been reading a great book for our season of Lent here at Bear Creek UMC. It’s a book written by Marcus Borg called, “Days of Awe...

To any of you that really know me, you probably know two things about me: One is that I’m a strict non-traditionalist.  As a pastor, for...

“Sometimes God just tears a hole in the sky and comes down to be with us!" As I think those word I have to laugh.  Because I know better....

I have a confession to make. Now I know what you are thinking: “Another one?! Common Pastor Brook how many of these do we have to...

One of my favorite stories about my brother-in-law, Buck, has to do with the video game called Pokémon Go! Do you remember that craze? ...

About 10 years ago I got into a book called “Strengthfinders 2.0”. It’s a set of books put out by the Gallup foundation. I was...

I think I’m going to author a new book called “Things My Only Granddaughter Says”. My granddaughter is named Emerson and on March 3rd of...

This week Bear Creek is starting a series of worship services about allowing ourselves to be wooed by God. I know that it’s kind of...

When I was a kid, I was taught to always color inside the lines. I must confess that I wasn’t always good at it. Coloring was always a...

Did any of you see the interesting video this week about the “two-legged” fox? If you haven’t watch it here: “two-legged fox” It’s a...

(For the first "Cow Chronicle" check out my advent video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PrW03QRe26Q ) Christmas Eve when I was growing up...

If you read the Christmas story in the gospels, you will notice that in both Matthew and Luke perhaps the main character in this whole...

Our Advent theme this year is a beautiful question: “Where is your gaze?” And as I have been pondering that, I have found my heart, as I...

Anybody watching the new season of “The Crown”? I have to admit that I’m hooked on the Netflix series, but this season is particularly...

As we move into the new year (the Christian Year starts this Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent), I’ve been thinking about how important...

I’ve been reading Philip Yancey’s book “Where The Light Fell”.  In it Yancey quotes GK Chesterton: "The worst moment for the atheist is...

I am so excited today! This is the day that I get to announce that Bear Creek UMC has an author in our midst! Our own, Rev. David...