Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit,That my thoughts may all be holy.Act in me, O Holy Spirit,That my work, too, may be holy.Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit,That I love but what is holy.Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit,To defend all that is holy.Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit,That I always may be holy. By St. Augustine …
The Triune God Sends with Self-Giving Love
The Triune God, who is eternally in reciprocal, self-giving relationship, is a sending God. The Father sends the Son at the incarnation because "God so loved the world" (John 3:16). After the Son's ascension, the Father sends the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, as Peter reminds us, quoting Joel the prophet: "In the last days, God …
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“Beginnings of Transformation” – a message on discipleship from Acts 2
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." I preached this third message of the series entitled "Beginnings of Transformation." In this message I walked through the story of Pentecost in Acts 2, including Peter's message and the ensuing life of the early church …
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Malcolm Guite, “Our Mother-tongue Is Love” – A Sonnet for Pentecost
Here is Malcolm Guite's poem for Pentecost Sunday, "Our Mother-tongue is Love." This sonnet is taken from Guite's book Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year. Malcolm Guite is an Anglican priest, poet, and songwriter, who served as a Life Fellow and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. Today we feel the wind beneath …
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To Be Set on Fire :: Makoto Fujimura, “Pentecost”
Makoto Fujimura, Pentecost, Mineral Pigments and Gold on Kumohada over Board; 2008. What must the early disciples have been holding in their hearts and minds in those days after Jesus' ascended? His final words to them were drenched with weighty anticipation: "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the …
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Matthew Erickson 