Lent 2024
Lessons from a Cottonwood
Read Jeremiah 17:5-8 This past December my wife, Lisa, and I traveled to Southern Utah to visit several national parks. We marveled at vistas in Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands, and Arches;...
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Eastbrook Church
Lent 2024
False Gods
Read Joshua 24:14-15 As we explore the image and idea of being planted this week, my mind is drawn to the parable of the sower. I think especially of the...
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February 21, 2024
Lent 2024
The Road Less Traveled
Read Matthew 7:13-14 Chances are you’ve heard Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”—perhaps most famously, the last three lines: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took...
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February 20, 2024
Lent 2024
An Important Choice
Read Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Today’s passage from Deuteronomy is part of Moses’ address to the people of Israel before his death and their entry into the Promised Land. After 40 years...
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February 19, 2024
Lent 2024
The Planted Life
Read Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose...
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February 18, 2024
Lent 2024
Practice: Sabbath
Each Saturday during Lent, we will take some time as a church family to practice a different spiritual discipline or spiritual practice together. Today, we are practicing Sabbath with Senior...
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February 17, 2024
Lent 2024
Kingdom Calculator
Read Philippians 3:8-11 Have you ever thrown away something valuable? When I first decided to move to the Middle East in 2018, I found myself in a predicament: could I...
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February 16, 2024
Construction
February 15 Update
Work continues on the construction of the West Building and the renovation of the Food Pantry garage bays. Here is what we saw happen this week: The underground utility work...
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February 15, 2024
Lent 2024
Go Forward in Faith
Read Hebrews 12:1-3 Who keeps an eye on you? Who is watching your activities? Do you remember parents, sitters, siblings or friends checking on you? Usually, when you’re under inspection...
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February 15, 2024
Lent 2024
Preparing Our Hearts
Read Joel 2:12-13 I grew up in a home where Catholics were mistrusted. I can’t remember all the derogatory talk, but there was a feeling that Catholicism equaled “popery” and...
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