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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." I preached the second message of this series entitled, "Praying with a Broken Heart," which was based in Nehemiah's prayer recorded in Nehemiah 1:5-11. You can find the message outline and video …
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Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continues our series, "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Here is a prayer for this Sunday from The Book of Common Prayer: Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be …
Last Sunday was Trinity Sunday and to reflect on that further, here is George Herbert's poem for that celebration. George Herbert was a 17th century English clergyman and poet who influenced his peers, including Thomas Traherne and Henry Vaughan, as well as later poets like Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, and Elizabeth Bishop. This poem …
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Here are my notes on the historical and biblical background for approaching Nehemiah, most of which I shared in my message this past Sunday, "Encountering a Broken World," as a set up to where we are going in our new series, "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." There is some debate about the …
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This past Sunday in my message, "Encountering a Broken World," I mentioned how God works through broken people, referencing a list of examples from the Bible. A few people asked me to share that list with them, so here it is. “For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven” …
Matthew Erickson 