“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love as You Wait” – a message from Jude by Ruth Carver

This past weekend at Eastbrook, we had a sort of bonus week in our series "Growing in Faith: Exploring 2 Peter" with Pastor Ruth Carver preaching a message entitled “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love as You Wait” from the book of Jude. Jude has a lot of overlaps with 2 Peter, which makes this message …

Charles Wesley, “For Christmas Day: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” [Poetry for Christmas]

I’ve enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year recently (see “Poetry for Lent,” “Poetry for Easter,“ and "Poetry for Ordinary Time"). As a follow-up to the "Poetry for Advent" series, I am continuing that theme with a series called “Poetry for Christmas.” The season of Christmas, or Christmastide, runs after Advent, beginning with …

“A New Day” – a Christmas message

Yesterday at Eastbrook, I preached a Christmas message entitled "A New Day" as part of our Christmas Eve services. You can find view message here and read the preaching manuscript below. Merry Christmas! https://vimeo.com/897606389 I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Probably not. The town of roughly 4,200 people is off the …