Join us for worship services on Christmas Eve, December 24, at Eastbrook Church this year. We have services at 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Find directions to Eastbrook here.
Bethlehem by Over the Rhine
Advent and Christmas always plunge me back into music and poetry, mostly, I believe, because the wonder and mystery of the incarnation cannot be expressed merely in the language of explanation and logic. Instead, this mystery stumbles beyond our words into the leaping artistry of words and melodies to help us enter into the deepest …
Listen . . . Prepare . . . Wait
This coming weekend begins the season of Advent. Advent is a preparatory season of four weeks leading up to Christmas. It is a chance for us to wait in anticipation for the coming of Christ, both as a baby at Christmas and as the victorious king at His second coming. The term 'advent' derives from …
Faith and Grace
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a weekend focused on two major Reformation themes: "Faith and Grace." The first part of the message focused on historical background and context of the Reformation. I eventually took us into an exploration of three Scripture passages central to Reformation thinking on faith …
The Immigrant Apostles’ Creed
A friend shared this creative rewriting of the Apostles' Creed from an immigrant perspective with me this week. Apparently it was originally written by Rev. Jose Luis Casal, the Director of Presbyterian World Mission and an immigrant to the USA from Cuba. It is thought-provoking. I believe in Almighty God, who guided the people in exile …
Matthew Erickson 