Here's an interesting article on preaching from long-time pastor and author Leighton Ford. He brings together disparate reflections and stories, including a fascinating exchange between Billy Graham and theologian Helmut Thielicke. Thielicke's book A Little Exercise for Young Theologians was important for me in my own spiritual journey.Ford's main points are derived from the following …
How to relate to … difficult people
This past weekend at Brooklife, I gave a message about relating to difficult people in our lives. You can listen to the message itself online, and also view the slideshow presentation that I utilized for the message below. If you're wondering why there is a jack-in-the-box picture here, you will simply have to listen to …
Alan Hirsch in Christianity Today
Alan Hirsch, who I was able to spend time around at Exponential 08, was recently interviewed by Christianity Today. You can read the article online here.This ties in with the ongoing discussion of small group ministry, discipleship, and more. Key questions that I have are:how can a church birthed from an attractional model move toward …
Art as Witness
I came across the article "Worship and the Arts in Ministry and Missions" by Byron Spradlin and found some helpful ideas for those of us who are artistically gifted and yet care passionately about God's mission in the world. While it's not necessarily a new article (first presented in 1999), I still think that he …
U2 & Easter?
In some research for a project I'm working for at Brooklife, I came across the web-site for Gateway Church in Austin, TX. Besides having some nice graphics and resources on their site, I watched an interesting thing that they did for Easter weekend.They enacted the Prodigal Son parable by intertwining drama, music, and teaching, all …
Matthew Erickson 