A weekly blog post or devotional from the Pastor of Center Barnstead Christian Church in Center Barnstead, New Hampshire.
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
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