Messages from Brewster Baptist

A few weeks ago as I was driving somewhere the song Who Are You by the British rock band The Who was playing on a radio station. The song is largely about identity and is a great example of how funny a song can be if it is simply said and not sung while accompanied…

I was thinking about what I was going to preach on today while I was sitting on the beach, a wonderful blessing of being here on Cape Cod.  And this has been such a fun summer for us watching our 1 year old granddaughter explore the sand and giggle and splash in the water. July…

How many of you have ever heard of The Rorschach test also known as the Rorschach inkblot test? It is a psychological test in which subjects’ perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employed to detect underlying…

One of the things you learn when you preach and lead worship frequently is that sometimes, people take the subject of resting on the Sabbath literally…and they fall asleep in church. At times this may be due to the lack of vitality or inspiration in worship or a particularly dull sermon. Other mornings it could…

Did you notice that for the past two weeks Pastor Doug has been talking about unity in one way or another. On Pentecost Sunday he spoke about how the power of the Holy Spirit turned 120 Christ followers into translators of God’s love. They were enabled to create unity by speaking about Jesus in ways…

Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s and granddads here today, what a blessing it is to be a father. I would like to begin by showing you a couple pictures of the border crossing between Israel and Jordan….but I can’t, because we were not allowed to take pictures at the border. A border can…