Champions of Honor

03/24/2026

Chuck Brewster (my dad) would’ve turned 81 today. I thought I’d share this memorial video in his honor. (It’s a little glitchy, apologies for that).

Since his passing, Champions of Honor will be placed in the hands and care of Juan Medero, a man who shares my dad’s passion for teaching, training up and ministering to the needs of men.

Medero will continue my dad’s legacy in spirit, while breathing new life into the ministry. We are excited to see what the Lord accomplishes through Medero and his stewardship of Champions. As we welcome Spring and new life, let’s also welcome this new season for Champions of Honor.

In December of 2025, my dad of all dads, Chuck Brewster passed away unexpectedly. This is just a slide show of memories for those who. knew and cared for him...

12/08/2025

Hey everyone, this is the obituary for my dad. For those interested, but cannot attend, the service will be live-streamed. There are links in the obituary.

Thank you all for the kind words and prayers💛

View Charles “Chuck” Brewster's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

12/05/2025

For those who still follow this page, even as my dad went further into retirement, I wanted to let you know that he passed peacefully yesterday and is in the love and comfort of the presence of God.

He was an amazing man, husband (to my mom) and father (to my brother and me). He let me post my thoughts here as I was studying the book of Psalms and we had many theological discussions. Even challenged each other.

He cared about men’s ministry and making it deeper so that bigger conversations could happen. So that men could discuss godly manhood and fatherhood. As his daughter, I can confirm that he was a great example of what he taught.

I’ve never questioned my dad’s love and I’ve always known he would be there for anything I needed. He and my mom even sublet an apartment in Chicago while I was going through cancer treatment.

I will keep this page up for some time in his memory until I feel it is time.

08/28/2025

For context with this next passage, men from a few cities were sent to speak to priests in order to seek the favor of the LORD, asking about religious rituals like weeping during a certain month or fasting.

This is very human of them, I think. Many of us do try to find just the right thing to do or say to get favor from God. But it creates a transactional relationship rather than one based in love. Some may have grown up feeling like they had to earn a parent’s love and I think that many see God that way.

But God already loves us and wants to give us good things. So, when we approach the LORD with a transactional mindset, it’s hurtful and insulting. Especially when one is looking for a code to get favor while they continue to ignore the needs of the vulnerable and commit biased justice

That doesn’t mean we don’t approach the LORD will our needs and desires. We are told that if we knock, the door will be opened to us, ask and we shall receive. We are meant to lay our needs before God.

But part of the answer might be an admonition of how you are, for instance, asking for mercy but unwilling to be merciful to others. Asking for favor while being cruel to the poor.

And that’s what happens with these men. The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, the profit and had the following admonition:

“When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted? When you eat and drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?

Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?

And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying,

“Thus has the LORD of hosts said, ‘dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

And do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger (immigrant) or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

“But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD.

And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen, says the LORD of hosts; but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known…”

Here the word of the LORD is mentioning times in which Israel broke covenant and relied on idols and other gods, and the LORD let them rely on those idols and other gods and they were invaded and exiled from their land until the LORD rescued them. The LORD always rescues and redeems. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t consequences for doing evil.

“Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.”

So, we must decide, will we take these words seriously and fight for true justice, practice kindness and compassion and stand against the oppression of the vulnerable listed above?

Or will we refuse to pay attention and turn a stubborn shoulder and stop our ears from hearing.

At this point, if you don’t realize how seriously God desires true justice and hates oppression of the vulnerable, then you are turning a stubborn shoulder.

How are we not calling for mercy for how we’ve allowed immigrants to be treated, how we’ve allow such heavy weight put on the backs of the poor, and justified hate crimes against our black, brown and LGBTQIA communities by doing little to support real change. How many times have we resented the poor, the widow, the orphan for needing assistance. Resented students being crushed with interest from their student loans.

I guess we’ve stopped our ears from hearing.

08/22/2025

“Woe to him who builds his house without Righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, who uses his neighbor’s services without pay and does not give him his wages,

Who says, “I will build myself a roomy house with spacious upper rooms and cut out its windows, paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red

Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well with him.

Is that not what it means to know me?” Declares the LORD.

But your eyes and your heart are intent only on your own dishonest gain, and on shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.”

Tonight’s passage comes from Jeremiah 22: 13-17. And though it was for kings during Jeremiah’s era, it speaks to leadership at any place in time. And reminds us, as Solomon does, that there is truly nothing new under the sun.

This passage follows Jeremiah 22:3, which I discussed the other day. So, though the needy and afflicted mentioned here naturally include those mentioned in verse 3.

If this brings to mind an increase in gold decor in the Oval office, it should. Cedar and red paint were a show of ostentatiousness.

If you thought of adding a ballroom to the White House at the mention of roomy rooms, you aren’t wrong.

And if you immediately thought of contractors not being paid their due when working for our would-be king, then you are gauging corrupted motives that have existed in the past, exist right now, and will exist again in the future.

And it is important to know that we are not meant to celebrate these things. We are meant to celebrate those who plead the cause of the needy and afflicted.

Is that not what it means to know me?” Declares the LORD.

08/20/2025

“When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and alien. I am the LORD your God.”

{Leviticus 23:22}

I know this seems repetitive. It is, partly because many books of the Bible reference the same thing. The same value, law or moral. It’s also repetitive because it’s important. Consistently.

There are some that would call this socialist. The idea of sharing what you have with the needy and the immigrant. Who deceived us into thinking that?

One of the biggest lies we’ve fallen for is that sharing our abundance with those who have little is dangerous or wrong. To keep up the lie, we must demonize those who are needy.

And so, here we are with violence and cruelty enacted upon immigrants and the homeless being rounded up off the streets to shelters (where no one wants to actually stay and which are already overrun) or to jails or prisons.

And, still speaking to fellow Christians, when I talk about this lie, the source I’m referencing isn’t Trump or MAGA or Republicans—all temporary and fleeting, but the father of lies. The enemy to the way of the Kingdom of God.

To clarify, that doesn’t let those complicit off the hook. Those who oppressed others for their own gain were always held accountable throughout the Bible. Just because the big lie I’m referring to has existed throughout history and will most likely continue to exist, doesn’t mean we are subject to it. If that is our own choice.

08/19/2025

Here we see another warning from the prophet, Jeremiah:

‘Thus the LORD says, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor.

Also, do not mistreat or do violence to the immigrant, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.” {Jeremiah 22:3}.

It’s pretty obvious that I’m posting these verses to make a point. And that my target audience is Christians. Mainly because of the rise in Christian nationalism and many who tie their faith and political party identities together as one.

But, what do we do when the LORD tells us one thing and our political party the opposite. How do we deal with that tension? I guess we have to choose who we serve: Trump or God.

As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

I’m not aiming to be politically divisive. This is just a fact at this moment, what is happening to immigrants. Not looking at the past history, either, because we can’t change the past, only learn from it. But we can take action now, in this moment.

So, do we justify the violence and mistreatment of immigrants in order to please man? Or do we stand against the violence and mistreatment of immigrants to please God?

Take some time to pray and meditate on this question.

08/18/2025

“For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien (immigrant), the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you dwell in this place, in this land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.” {Jeremiah 7:5-7}

There is a lot of context surrounding this passage. Jeremiah got a word from the LORD to proclaim to all of Judah at the city gates, and this is an excerpt from that proclamation.

At times Judah (and Israel) had kings that “did evil in the eyes of the LORD.” Some things that were considered evil were the antithesis of what is described in the verses above.

It can be summed up by inequality in justice (lack of true or fair justice), oppression of the vulnerable (or not caring for the vulnerable) and, of course, breaking the covenant established with their God by sacrificing to and trusting in other gods.

Other things that are mentioned following these verses: theft, murder, adultery, lying and sacrifices to Baal. Some sacrifices made to these other gods, were children sacrificed in fire.

And then they would come to the temple before the LORD and say “we are delivered!” They believed that they could benefit from bribes, from withholding wages from laborers, from squeezing money from widows, from withholding aid to the poor and by mistreating immigrants and still rest securely that the LORD would always protect them and bless them no matter what.

And this idea came from the King and religious leaders who were corrupt themselves. That benefitted from these harms. Even the corrupt prophets and priests would proclaim false messages of security and even support for harmful actions

Jeremiah is sent to warn them. They are given opportunities to amend their ways and he is beaten for it. They don’t amend their ways and the LORD removes their protection and they are invaded and exhiled.

Because the LORD is just, despite having boundless love, there must be consequences for those that arrogantly harm, oppress, do violence to and steal from the vulnerable (immigrants, widows, single parents, orphans, and the homeless, and any groups that are targeted or bullied). Especially if they then expect blessing and favor from God while doing these evil deeds.

We are doing these same things now. We are committing violence against immigrants, we cut aid to the poor in order to benefit the wealthy and we are attacking homelessness, a lot of whom are orphans—foster kids who aged out of the system.

So, do we falsely justify these acts or repent and stand against them?

At some point, we have to choose to serve God or bow to the state.

08/15/2025

“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.” {Deuteronomy 24:14}

Followed by:

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over your boughs again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan and for the widow. {Deuteronomy 24: 19-21}.

It seems that both not oppressing immigrants and feeding the vulnerable are both a really big deal to God.

I must have missed the “let them pull themselves up by their bootstraps” verse or the “they are lazy and a drain on the system” verse. Or the one about kidnapping and locking up immigrants in concentration camps.

I don’t know. Maybe God is just too woke.

08/14/2025

“For the LORD your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the Land of Egypt.” {Deuteronomy 10:17-19}

This could not be more clear on how to treat immigrants: show them love by giving them food and clothing. Nowhere does it say, “round them up and send them to prison camps or back to their homeland.”

This passage follows the 10 Commandments mention in the book of Deuteronomy. The same 10 Commandments many want to hang in our Schools and public buildings. As a performative act. We know it is solely performative because in the next breath, the same people do not feed and clothe or love the immigrant as the God they say they serve does.

Now there are some who are young in their faith who may have been deceived by those they see as an authority. Like a pastor or even our President. But the collected works that make up the Bible consistently tell us how to treat one another. How to treat the poor, the homeless, the orphans, widows, single moms, and, of course, immigrants.

There is no Christian justification for supporting terrorizing immigrant communities, taking immigrants and shipping them to prison camps or to the country they fled because in many cases, their lives were in danger there.

This passage part of God’s greatness is that They don’t show partiality or take a bribe. And neither should we, if we are looking to follow in the way of Christ. And part of that would be supporting private prisons being built to hold immigrants and now, the homeless, which will bring in a lot of revenue for the private prison system (our tax dollars) and in return they give a percentage (bribe) back to the President.

This is how a corrupt system works. If there are some who claim to desire a “Christian Nation” (which actually makes an idol of our nation and is anti-Christ) then you must at least act like it. And that means pushing back on how we are currently seeing and treating immigrants (and the homeless, and other vulnerable groups being targeted and oppressed).

Pretend that every immigrant picked up, imprisoned and tortured is your mother, father, child, grandchild, or even yourself. How would you want your child to be treated, how would you want yourself to be treated? Because Jesus told us to love others as ourselves, so maybe we should start doing.