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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Unfinished: Growing with God through our limitations
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord, and to seek him in his temple. (Psalm 27:4) "A leader who leads well is a lifelong learner, always …
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