So, I am looking for your feedback on the topic of relationships, including friendships, dating, marriage, parent/child relationships, and more. How would you answer these questions?: What is one thing you wish the church would address about relationships? What are your biggest questions about relationships? Where do you struggle most in relationships?
What Is In Your Hand?
This past weekend in my message at Eastbrook, I asked a question from John 6:1-15: "what is in your hand?" I started my message with the story of Dr. Abraham Verghese, a medical professional and professor at Stanford University. Verghese was recently featured in a TED talk entitled "A Doctor's Touch" that is profound. You …
Thankful Hands (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend entitled "Thankful Hands" from our series, "Thankful." Discussion Questions: What are ten things you are thankful for in your life? Why are you thankful for them? This week, we continue our series, "Thankful," by looking at a well-known story in John …
Thankful Hands
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series entitled "Thankful." The message, "Hands," was based out of John 6:1-15, which is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 from a small child's meager lunch. I built the sermon around the question, "what do you have in your hands?" The outline for the message is …
Thankful Heart
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I kicked off a new series entitled "Thankful." While there are a lot of things we may be thankful for, I wanted to set the tone for deeper thankfulness by looking at the character and activity of God. The message was based out of Psalm 107, which begins with those …
Matthew Erickson 