Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our preaching series entitled “God’s Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians” and also mark Trinity Sunday. Here is a prayer for Trinity Sunday from The Book of Common Prayer: Almighty and everlasting God, …
Welcomed to the Table :: Andrei Rublev, “The Trinity”
Andrei Rublev, "The Trinity," tempera; 1411 or 1425-27 One of the most mysteriously interesting passages of Scripture is Abraham and Sarah's hosting of three unknown visitors in Genesis 18. These three guests show up from nowhere to affirm God's promises to Abraham and Sarah, but also end up mercifully bargaining with Abraham about the destruction …
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George Herbert, “Trinitie Sunday” – A Poem for Trinity Sunday
Last Sunday was Trinity Sunday and to reflect on that further, here is George Herbert's poem for that celebration. George Herbert was a 17th century English clergyman and poet who influenced his peers, including Thomas Traherne and Henry Vaughan, as well as later poets like Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, and Elizabeth Bishop. This poem …
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“A Garden and a Gardener, Four Rivers and Two Trees” (Genesis 2)
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "In the Beginning," drawn from Genesis 1-3. This is the first part of a two-part series on Genesis 1-11 that will stretch from January through Lent up to Easter. This third week of the series I preached from Genesis 2:4-15, walking through the Genesis …
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“The Genesis 1 Account of Creation”
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "In the Beginning," drawn from Genesis 1-3. This is the first part of a two-part series on Genesis 1-11 that will stretch from January through Lent up to Easter. This second week of the series I preached from Genesis 1:1-2:3, walking through the Genesis …
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