Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. As we continue our preaching series, "The Messiah's Mission," which focuses on Jesus' moving outward on mission in word and deed after the Sermon on the Mount, Nic Fridenmaker will preach from Matthew 9:35-10:25. This continues our extended …
Tomas Tranströmer, “Open and Closed Spaces” [Poetry for Ordinary Time]
I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
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Praying Toward Unity: a simple resource for prayer on our own or with others
Over the past few days, I preached and then have written (here and here) about living as a unified church in divided days. Talking about unity is great, but my sense at this time is that we need more than talk…we need to take a step. And so, I’d like to encourage us to pray …
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One Faith for One Body: Theological aspects of unity and diversity
Yesterday, I explored how Paul urges the believers in the area of Ephesus to focus on Jesus and to put on the character of Christ. But Paul doesn't stop there. Now he addresses our theology, urging the believers—and us—to keep first things first. "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called …
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Putting on the Character of Christ in Divided Days
"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." (Ephesians 4:1) In Ephesians 4:1, Paul urges the Ephesians—and us, through them—to live a life worthy of the calling we have received. The unity of the church in divided times is tied into putting …
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Matthew Erickson 