This weekend is Father’s Day. A confusing day for many of us. It’s not that we don’t love our fathers, or want to honor them, but for...

This week Bear Creek is putting on our big Pentecost Sunday worship service. I know it’s two weeks late, but in some senses Pentecost,...

This Sunday we are doing a remembrance worship service during worship. A time to remember and celebrate loved ones who have passed away...

Today is my birthday! How cool is that?!? Today, I turn 62! Ok, not so cool, but honestly, I feel pretty good about that too! My dad...

Question: Has this ever happened to you? You are talking to an old friend and they ask you how your kids are doing. So you do something...

Guest Post by Mona Chicks The other day, I watched the epic battle between a crow and a mama bear. Well, perhaps it was a rabbit but it...

Friends. Do you have any? Is that still a thing? This week I have a wonderful friend coming to visit. We’ve been buddies for over 40...

One of my favorite books is a novel that my son, Ben, gave to me called: The Book of Strange New Things. When my son gave me this book,...

Can I confess something to you? For some reason I am struggling to find something to read as of late! Especially in the “Christian”...

Question: Are we really an Easter Community? Last Sunday I preached a message that encouraged each of us to move from thinking of Easter...

I absolutely love Easter! All of it! The bunny, the empty tomb, the race between Peter and John, the earthquake, and Mary in the...

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...