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Join with us for worship this Holy Saturday at Eastbrook Church as we Jesus' body still in death within the tomb with a simple service and Scripture reflection. The service is available today all day at any time online here or below. You can also download a companion "Holy Saturday at Home Experience Guide" put …
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Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know,to love what I ought to love,to praise what delights Thee most,to value what is precious in Thy sight,to hate what is offensive to Thee.Do not suffer me to judge according to the sight of my eyes,nor to pass sentence according to the hearing of …
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"Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." (Deuteronomy 34:10) "Inner silence is absence of any sort of inward stirring or emotion or thought, but it is complete alertness, openness to God." - Anthony Bloom Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,have mercy on me, a sinner.In …
O God, make us children of quietness, and heirs of peace. By St. Clement of Alexandria, early teacher and apologist for the faith.
My mind races ahead and lurches forward Like a fly trapped inside a house it leaps and rushes from one thought to another I want to be still and know that You are God But at the same time I check my watch and think about what's next Bring me to a place of peace …
Matthew Erickson 