by Brian Shimer | Sep 1, 2022 | Personal
When you met and married, the story you began then didn’t have the bitter ending you have now experienced. That story originally was filled with adventure, with heroes, with hope. You might not have pictured the struggles or challenges while dressed in that white... 
by Brian Shimer | Jan 27, 2022 | Personal
In 1988, at 29 years old, I arrived at my first full-time church pastorate in San Jacinto, California. The church rolls boasted 166 members. However, the previous pastors had not done an audit of membership for years. Thirty-five of those “members” were...