Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus as the culmination of our journey through Lent and Holy Week. Here is a prayer for Easter Day from The Book of Common Prayer: Almighty God, who through your only-begotten …
Holy Week 2024 at Eastbrook Church
We hope to see you this Holy Week at Eastbrook Church as we enter into the journey of Jesus' last week leading to the Cross and then the Resurrection. Thursday, March 28 · 7 pm · Fellowship Hall · In Person OnlyJoin us in person on Maundy Thursday (March 28) as we remember Christ’s Last …
Teresa of Avila, “Christ Has No Body” [Poetry for Easter]
Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is Teresa of Avila's poem "Christ Has No Body." Teresa was a 16th century Carmelite nun in Spain best known as a mystic, reformer, and writer who experienced divine visions. Her most important works include her …
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R. S. Thomas, “Resurrection” [Poetry for Easter]
Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is R. S. Thomas' poem "Resurrection" from Selected Poems. Thomas was an Anglican priest and a leading Anglo-Welsh poet of the 20th century. Easter. The grave clothes of winterare still here, but the sepulchreis empty. A …
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Emily Dickinson, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” [Poetry for Easter]
Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is Emily Dickinson's poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers." While Emily Dickinson was anything but an orthodox Christian, many of her poems, such as this one, capture the power of religious themes and the deeper …
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