By Janet Keefe I was struck by a comment made by Mike Currier when he was preaching while Pastor was on vacation. Paraphrasing Mike, his comment was, basically, who would you give your life to protect? Your family, your friends, perhaps the vulnerable and the downtrodden. What about the wrongdoer? Read more…
By Janet Keefe The first Christian book I read (other than the Bible) after becoming a Christian, was The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning. I remember what he said on the first page of his book. He went to speak at a church about God’s grace. The pastor of the Read more…
By Janet Keefe “This will never work.” I told my friend. I don’t mean to be a cynic, but I know myself. As the Apostle Paul says in Romans 7:15, so many times I have tried to do things right, only to do the things I don’t want to do. Read more…
By Adrienne Gagnon My husband and I struggled for a year with infertility. It was a year full of uncertainty, heartbreak, and discouragement. Before I share my story, I want to shine a light onto couples that have also traveled through the infertility journey. I know it takes much longer Read more…
9/1/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Life can deal us body blows that sometimes just take the breath out of us. What is happening to us might seem crushing at the moment, but for someone else, they may wish to have our problems. But for all the people involved, at Read more…
8/25/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – If I remember correctly, it usually happened on a Saturday morning while I was watching Mighty Mouse or Roy Rogers. Suddenly the TV screen would change, and you would hear a man say… “This is a test. For the next sixty seconds, this station Read more…
8/18/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Who does not like choices?! Last Sunday after church Judy and I went on an overnight to celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary. When looking for a place to stay, have you ever given any thought to how many different places there are to choose Read more…
8/11/21 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Yesterday Judy and I celebrated our 48th year of marriage. Married for 48 years, and to think, I used to believe that you had to be an old person to be married for this long! When we are away speaking, often I will introduce Read more…
8/4/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – July 2021 marked 22 years that Judy and I have been serving as the pastor of Center Barnstead Christian Church. 22 years serving in a place we never wanted to live, doing something we never wanted to do… yet it was EXACTLY where God Read more…
7/28/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – I can still remember like it happened yesterday. I was probably 7 or 8 years old, and I was sick and had to stay home from church. I remember my dad saying to me, “I wish that I could swap places with you.” Man, Read more…