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Southbrook Celebrates Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Friday, January 9th, 2015 is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.   Southbrook Ch...

The names, are too many….  Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Dontre Hamilton….. The emotions, run too deep….  O...

Southbrook Church's summer series is called ' 12 Questions. '  We are engaging 12 difficult questions about our faith and foll...

I admit, I would rather forget my father on Father’s Day. He was a seminary student when I was born, a pastor when I was a child, a Presi...

Southbrook Church's 2014 Summer Series is called 12 Questions.  I don't know about you, but I often struggle with doubt and ques...

Sadly the local news never seems to change. A 10 year old girl shot in the head while at her local playground. The 18 year old man charg...

Join us each day as we focus on the final week of Jesus' crucifixion. Good Friday. What a contradiction in terms. How can there be ...

Join us each day as we focus on the final week of Jesus' crucifixion. Thursday of Holy Week is called 'Maundy Thursday.' Th...

Join us each day as we focus on the final week of Jesus' crucifixion. Wednesday of Holy Week finds the plot to kill Jesus picking u...

Join us each day as we focus on the final week before Jesus' crucifixion. The plot to arrest Jesus picks up steam as Judas agrees t...

Join us each day as we focus on the final week before Jesus' crucifixion. Christians call the day after Palm Sunday, 'Fig Monda...

Join us each day as we focus on the final week before Jesus' crucifixion Christians celebrate Palm Sunday one week before Easter. T...

Bubba Watson does not have the coolest hair. After winning his first Masters in 2012 Bubba cried like a baby. He made an advertisement for...

James Janknegt painting, ' Portrait of You as the Good Samaritan .' The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one Jesus' most ...

The International Conference of Police Chaplains holds regional training seminars throughout the country each year.  I am thankful to the...

This is a modern day icon painted by Athanasios Clark. He depicts Jesus raising Lazarus from the grave and it serves as a great reminder o...

A recent post on Jonathan’s “Coffee Shop Pastor” blog asked the question, “Should Christians make Gay Wedding Cakes?” and kicked off an em...

This scene comes from one of my all-time favorite movies, Ingmar Bergman's, The Seventh Seal. Antonius Block -a Knight who recently r...

Yes. The debate rages across America. Religious Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are working overtime- rallying their sides to ...

The story of Jesus walking on the water is as widely mocked as it is well loved. Grab a bible or read it online at www.Biblegateway.com....

I love football. No surprise there. I remember meeting my hero -Packers Fullback William Henderson and being speechless as he shook my ha...

The Coffee Shop Pastor blog recently surpassed 30,000 hits... and I am amazed. The ability to engineer conversations with people all ove...