Tonight at our regular 2nd Tuesday Worship and Prayer gathering at Eastbrook, we will have a special prayer service for those who have experienced pain in the loss of an infant or unborn child through miscarriage, the loss of a young child, regretted abortion, or the long ache of infertility. This gathering is open to …
Nahum [God in the Ruins]
This past weekend at Eastbrook I continued our series on the message of the minor prophets, "God in the Ruins," by looking at the prophet Nahum. Nahum is one of those books that can feel especially "minor" in the minor prophets, with a tough message for a very historically specific context. Nahum is one of …
A Prayer inspired by the prophet Nahum
LORD God, King of the earth, You have created all peoples and reign over all the nations that inhabit this earth. When the nations rage and put themselves forward as mighty, You still have the final word, promising to put all the prideful in their place. Although tempted to trust in our own strength, we …
James Tissot, Nahum
Madeleine L’Engle, “For Lent, 1966” [Poetry for Lent]
Every Thursday during Lent, I am posting a poem I have found meaningful for entering into Jesus' journey to the Cross. Here is Madeleine L'Engle's poem "For Lent, 1966." Madeleine L'Engle was a twentieth century American novelist and poet, best known for A Wrinkle in Time. It is my Lent to break my Lent, To …
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Matthew Erickson 