Here is the text of my message from our service last night at Eastbrook Church, beginning our Crossroads journey through Lent. I hope it is an encouragement to you as we begin the journey with Jesus to the Cross. In the book of Genesis, we are told that God “formed a man from the dust …
Journey to the Cross
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/081ed8f8b1b51340f4e8e5402/images/00dfd7e3-8b8c-400b-90f1-2e1d0fec99ed.png Today marks the beginning of the season of Lent, and the beginning of our six-week journey to the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we begin our journey together, we are asking all who are able to pray and fast during the day. We will break our fast together as Eastbrook Church with Communion on …
Bonhoeffer on Fear
I've been rereading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's classic book, Discipleship, over the past month or so. As I was reading this past week, a paragraph from his reflections on Matthew 10:26-39 stood out to me. Here it is: Human beings should not be feared. They cannot do much to the disciples of Jesus. Their power stops with the …
Sunday Prayer 41
the sun, moon, and stars, spoken into space, still sing the ancient melody, of God's great grace and power. the rising sun and midnight gloaming echo the divine power, arching the back and breathing the breath into every living thing. and now, that same power and grace takes time and space upon itself, inhabits human …
Wisdom and Knowledge
We have information without knowledge, and the knowledge we have does not lead us to wisdom. Wisdom is fashioned through reflection upon the crucible of living with knowledge, inadequate knowledge, or lack of knowledge. Yet, the crucible of life is often that against which we medicate ourselves or from which we insulate ourselves. We arch our …
Matthew Erickson 
