Hard Places: MissionsFest 2019
The next two weekends at Eastbrook Church are the bookends of our annual MissionsFest. This year we are turning our attention to Eastbrook's historic commitment to mission in challenging contexts with the theme of "Hard Places." We are privileged to have two guest speakers, who are long-time partners in ministry in the Middle East and …
The Trinity and Worship
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I stressed the importance of Christian worship being centered in the Trinity in my message "Worship in the Beauty of Holiness" in the concluding weekend of our series "Roots." There are some things in our faith that I would consider secondary, but the Trinity is not one of them. The …
Annie Dillard on Worship
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I preached about worship in a message entitled "Worship in the Beauty of Holiness." Whenever I think about worship, I always remember this striking quotation from Annie Dillard in her marvelous book, Teaching a Stone to Talk. On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible …
Worship in the Beauty of Holiness
This past weekend at at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series, "Roots," on certain non-negotiable characteristics of the church, and Eastbrook Church in particular as we celebrate 40 years. This final weekend took us into an exploration of worship based in Psalm 96:9. I admit that I still love the way that the King …
Matthew Erickson 