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…
7/21/2021 – Pastor’s Brian’s Blog – I remember when Judy and I were engaged to be married, my walk with God wasn’t as strong as it should have been, so my thoughts were not always what they should have been. And as we know, what we think, will determine how Read more…
7/14/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Many people my age and older have seen the comedy routine “Who’s on First?” made famous by Abbott and Costello. It became so famous and well liked that in 1956, a gold record of “Who’s on First?” was placed in the National Baseball Hall Read more…
07/07/21 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – This past Sunday was the 4th of July. Over the years our church has done different things to reflect on the 4th and the history of our country. We would pledge alliance to the flag, at times we will take a trivia quiz to Read more…
6/30/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – It was an unsettling moment when I made that turn and drove up to the business that my grandfather began in 1925. The business that my father took over from his father, and the business that I thought I would eventually take over from Read more…
6/23/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – We all have made a promise to someone or have had a promise made to us. The real question is, has anyone ever broken a promise to you? Have you ever broken a personal vow or promise to someone else? Can I remind you Read more…
6/16/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – God has given Judy and me opportunities that if we had a whole lifetime, we could not have been able to dream up. We have met countless people, some well-known in Christian circles and others not so much, that have left a long-lasting impact Read more…
6/6/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Like most children growing up, I had a superhero. I can still remember sitting in front of my black and white TV waiting to hear… “Faster than a speeding bullet… More powerful than a locomotive… Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, Read more…