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Last week at Eastbrook's "Journey to the Cross" service, I shared this message for Ash Wednesday rooted in Joel 2:12-17. Sometimes what’s broken can become more beautiful and stronger than before. In the Japanese artform kintsugi broken pieces of pottery are taken by an artist and repaired by mending the imperfections with a lacquer infused with powdered …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled "Scandalous Jesus," that parallels our journey of Lent. This week, I turned our attention to two episodes that set up the entire series and Jesus' time in Jerusalem. The first was Jesus' third prediction of His coming suffering in Jerusalem (Matthew 20:17-19) and …
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we begin our Lenten series, "Scandalous Jesus," which traces Jesus' journey in Jerusalem from His triumphal entry to His crucifixion. Here is a prayer for the first Sunday of Lent from The Book of Common Prayer: …
Ivan Kramskoi, "Christ in the Desert," 1872 (oil on canvas) The journey of Lent begins with attention on Jesus. We trace His pathway through incarnate life to death on the Cross. One of the first inklings we have in the Gospels that Jesus' life will bring salvation at a great cost comes in the prophetic …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Scandalous Jesus." This series traces the journey of Jesus in Jerusalem from His triumphal entry through His crucifixion. This series also parallels the season of Lent and you are welcome to join in with the Lenten devotional we pull together every year …
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Matthew Erickson 