Pastor’s Blog

the question, “Where do we go from here?”. I have reflected on this question and I would like to share with you three important truths about the significance of the Solemn Assembly in the life of our church.

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…

7/14/2021 – 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…

6/2/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Over the years our church has done numerous events for and with our town. I have received verbal and as well written words of thanks for our involvement. I remember an e-mail I received that said… “Hi Pastor Brian, I love your church community! Read more…

5/26/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Have you ever attended a concert where everyone in the band is in their late 70s and 80s? Judy and I did, about 3 years ago, when we went to a concert for a well-known band from the sixties and seventies called “Three Dog Read more…

5/19/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – In my lifetime I believe I have tried every diet known to mankind. I am pretty confident that over the last 20 years, I have lost close to 1 ton on these diets. The problem is that over that span of time trying those Read more…

5/12/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Have you ever noticed that we spend a lot of our time and money trying to satisfy ourselves? Very often it ends up being a waste of time, because we find that what we thought would be satisfying is temporary at best. Who loves Read more…

5/5/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – For me, as a child (although there were many to choose from), there was only one real Superhero: Superman. I am not talking about just one of many Supermen, I am talking about the real Superman, George Reeves! Now that information probably reveals much Read more…

4/28/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – If you know me, you may know that I never considered school as my friend. I just disliked studying and doing homework. In elementary school my favorite class was recess and in high school it was 3pm home room, because that meant school was Read more…

4/21/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – If you are on the upper end of the age scale like me, you just might remember a TV show from the mid-80’s entitled “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” The show was based on the extravagant lifestyles of wealthy entertainers, athletes, socialites, and Read more…

4/14/2021 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – Once upon a time we were living in update New York, in a little town just outside Schroon Lake called North Hudson. We were caretakers for a 150-year-old stagecoach stop. It had 15 bedrooms, and the bedrooms still had the original room numbers on Read more…

4/7/21 – Pastor Brian’s Blog – At Christmas, Judy and I would always go with our family to my sister Susan’s house for a couple of days, to spend time with my parents, my siblings, and their kids. We could actually see the walls expand as there were times when Read more…