Daily Spark: “Breathe Peace” (Jeremy)
March 21, 2020
Jesus wants to breathe peace into our hearts and homes, so we can exhale worry and fear. … More Daily Spark: “Breathe Peace” (Jeremy)
Author: Jeremy Berg
The Rev. Dr. Jeremy Berg is the founding and lead pastor of MainStreet Covenant Church in Minnetonka Beach, MN, where he has served since 2010. He is an adjunct professor of Biblical and Theological Studies who has taught classes at Bethel University, University of Northwestern—St. Paul, North Central University, Crown College, and Solid Rock Discipleship School. Jeremy earned a doctorate in New Testament Context under Scot McKnight at Northern Seminary (Chicago). He and his wife, Kjerstin, have three kids, Peter, Isaak and Abigail.
Quarantine Letters: Peter’s Challenge
March 20, 2020
This spreading virus will reveal a lot about our national infrastructure, the strength of our healthcare system, the resilience of our economy, and the character and strength of our government leaders. Yet, for Christians, it will reveal just the “stuff” of which our faith is made. … More Quarantine Letters: Peter’s Challenge
Quarantine Letters: Holy Disruption
March 19, 2020
Insofar as this pandemic can help us kick bad habits and establish new and healthier lifestyle rhythms, we are experiencing what I want to call a “holy disruption.” … More Quarantine Letters: Holy Disruption
Daily Spark: “Holy Disruption”
March 19, 2020
“Daily Sparks” are short video reflections by Jeremy to help you keep living in the light.
NEW: Daily Spark Videos
March 18, 2020
NEW! Introducing “Daily Sparks,” short video reflections to help keep you walking in the light. … More NEW: Daily Spark Videos
Quarantine Letters: Be Still
March 18, 2020
We need calm hearts, ears tuned to God’s frequency and a mighty fortress when the world is coming unhinged, not when we’re meditating at a quiet retreat center! We need Jesus’ calming presence in our boat not when the sun is shining and the fish are biting, but when the storm is raging and the boat is sinking. … More Quarantine Letters: Be Still
Daily Spark: “Let the Light Shine” (Jeremy)
March 17, 2020
“Daily Sparks” are short, uplifting video reflections from Pastor Jeremy to start (or finish) your day!.
Quarantine Letters: Soldiers of Light
March 17, 2020
I woke up this morning with the sunrise in my eyes, blinding me as I rolled over to turn off my alarm. I thought about the brightness of that sunrise and felt this giddy surge of excitement that I have good news to share with people who are afraid. … More Quarantine Letters: Soldiers of Light
Letters to the Church in Quarantine
March 16, 2020
During this COVID-19 outbreak, I’m taking up my electronic quill and ink, and continuing the long legacy of sending pastoral letters to the people of God living in uncertain times. … More Letters to the Church in Quarantine
Letters in Uncertain Times
March 15, 2020
As the Coronavirus spreads across the globe and with it the contagion of fear, I want to take up the shepherd’s pen and follow in a long line of letter writing pastors who sought to guide and encourage their sheep in times of trial and testing. … More Letters in Uncertain Times
Four-Fold Response to COVID-19
March 14, 2020
Archbishop Foley Beach has written a pastoral letter to the Church suggesting four actions points needed for Christians to respond in faith to the coronavirus emergency. We are to trust God, be informed, be prudent and always act in love. I especially like his suggestion to pray Psalm 46 at home as a family for next 46 days. Peace! -JB … More Four-Fold Response to COVID-19
C. S. Lewis, Coronavirus and the Atomic Bomb
March 13, 2020
If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. … More C. S. Lewis, Coronavirus and the Atomic Bomb
When Pigs Fly: 7 Words & 7 Miles
March 10, 2020
Standing there by the shore, the ancient breeze tickling the back of my neck, I pointed to the other side. Seven words got them into the boat and seven miles got them across the sea to the heart of Jesus’ mission to save a life hanging in the balance. … More When Pigs Fly: 7 Words & 7 Miles
The Tunneling Tenacity of Heaven’s Light
March 4, 2020
The scandal of the Christian message is that Heaven put on a hard-hat and headlamp and came down in search of you and me—and often meets us halfway in the middle of the deepest, darkest place. No matter how twisty and snakelike our path, the Light of Salvation will always meet us where we need Him. … More The Tunneling Tenacity of Heaven’s Light
Decline of Church, Increase of Politics
March 3, 2020
On this Super Tuesday, remember to not let your civic duty eclipse your ultimate allegiance. Go vote at the poll, but save your worship for the pew. … More Decline of Church, Increase of Politics
Jiffy Lube, Coronavirus & the Spread of Christianity
March 3, 2020
Start talking about a pandemic and you’ll see the true color and substance of people’s faith. … More Jiffy Lube, Coronavirus & the Spread of Christianity
Get Your Life Back
March 3, 2020
I want to share a new book and group study to consider offering “Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad.” We live in soul-scorching times. The 24-7 onslaught of contemporary life—with its never-ending feed of global tragedies, demands for our attention, and pressures of work, family, and friends—has left us feeling ragged, wrung-out, and emptied. … More Get Your Life Back
Stonewall Faith & Prayers
March 2, 2020
If I’m honest, I think the image of heads praying against a stonewall hits too close to home for pathetic pray-ers like me. Haven’t we all tried to draw nearer to God’s presence in prayer, but felt like our prayers were deflecting off of a glass ceiling or crashing into a thick stone wall? … More Stonewall Faith & Prayers
Tears in the Cracks
February 27, 2020
If you stare long enough at all the paper-prayers smooshed into the cracks of that enormous wall, one wonders if the cracks grow a bit wider each day in proportion to the cumulative suffering and loss experienced by our human race as the LORD tarries in His return. … More Tears in the Cracks
Touching Where Heaven Touched Earth
February 25, 2020
Suddenly you are funneled into that little doorway as you descend to your golden moment, whereupon you have about 10 seconds to observe and pay homage at the spot where Heaven invaded Earth and Eternity kissed mortality before a staff person shoos you onward to keep the line moving. … More Touching Where Heaven Touched Earth
Holy Land: A Scratch ‘n Sniff Faith
February 25, 2020
In an era where many Christians worship by passively staring at a jumbo screen, we need to get back to seeking and engaging God-Reality with all our senses—seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. … More Holy Land: A Scratch ‘n Sniff Faith
The Story
February 21, 2020
The greatest tragedy that has befallen Western Christianity over the past few hundred years is the chopping up of the drama of biblical story into cold and sterile propositional truth claims. If there’s one gift I’d love to give everyone I meet or minister to, it is the gift of grasping the Big Story of the Bible in narrative form and the thrill of discovering their unique place in the unfolding plot. … More The Story
Kingdom Sex & the Covenant of Marriage
February 19, 2020
Throughout history, Dr. Eddy argues, there have been three marriage models that have evolved with society: traditional marriage, romantic marriage, and consumer marriage. But which of these models is the right one for a Christian marriage? None of them, answers Eddy.
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Pondering My Pilgrimage
February 18, 2020
“So I think my biggest takeaway is that the Holy Land might have begun in Israel, but it was never meant to end there.” … More Pondering My Pilgrimage
My 20 Year Holy Land Pilgrimage
February 4, 2020
For the past twenty years I have been getting the Holy Land inside of me through my studies and ministry experience, and now its time for me to go inside the Holy Land! … More My 20 Year Holy Land Pilgrimage
Kingdom Harbor 