Our ||40days|| journey through Lent continues this fourth week with attention to the theme: 'listen'. In previous weeks, we have looked at the journey of Lent, the need to acknowledge things in our lives, and then to turn from them. But what should we turn toward? If we are to turn away from sin, evil, distractions, and …
Broken and Poured Out
This weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "Journey to the Cross," by looking at Jesus' meal with His disciples in the upper room in Mark 14:12-25. My message was entitled "Broken and Poured Out." In it, I drew together the images of sacrifice and the unblemished lamb that are so prevalent throughout the Hebrew …
||40days|| week three: turn from busyness
What was your schedule like this week? Did you rush around from one event or meeting to another? Did you feel like there wasn't enough time for everything and everyone? Legislators in the 1950s expected that as technological advances were made, people would have less work to do and more free time in their lives. …
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Matthew Erickson 