This weekend at Eastbrook Church we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus and began a new series, "The Kingdom Life," which corresponds with our Lenten journey to the Cross. This first message in the series is entitled "A King and His Kingdom" and looks at Luke's resurrection narrative from Luke 24:1-12. You can follow the entire series at our …
Sunday Prayer 48
After the dark of death After the loss of life After the gift seemed broken and discarded After the pulsing pain After the weary final gasp After the heavy heave of stone over tomb The light breaks forth The Son shines like day The victory resounds and heaven cheers The surging joy The rising hope …
The Kingdom Life
This weekend we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and also begin a new series at Eastbrook Church entitled "The Kingdom Life." In this part of our journey we explore what is happening in the resurrection and what it means for our life. We ask questions like: what sort of King is this?; what sort …
Crucifixion: Three Short Poems
I wrote three short poems as part of our Crossroads devotional for Lent at Eastbrook Church. I include them below. You can access the entire Crossroads devotional here. “With loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. So Pilate decided to grant their demand.” (Luke 23:23-24) “Jesus called out with …
Three Last Words: a Good Friday message
This year our Good Friday service was structured around the three last words that Jesus speaks from the Cross in the Gospel of Luke: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43) “Father, into your …
Matthew Erickson 