This past weekend in my message "Making Space for Prayer," the first part of our series "The Art of Prayer" at Eastbrook Church, I shared four quotations on prayer that many people asked me about later. Here they are for your edification. “The truth is that we only learn to pray all the time everywhere after …
Learning to Stop
Ten years ago the standard response to the question, “how are you?” was “fine.” That was not a particularly informative answer but it was, well…fine. In today’s American culture, however, the standard response to the question, “how are you” seems to be “busy.”[1] One social commentator points out that it is not only adults …
An Overview of Fasting
On Wednesday at Eastbrook we begin our forty day journey with the book of Job entitled "Finding God in the Darkness." This past weekend in my message "Still God" I mentioned how fasting can be a helpful spiritual practice to help us regain a hunger for God. I want to refer to a series of posts on …
10 Things Jesus Didn’t Say to Zacchaeus
Last night I had the privilege of spending time with our Celebrate Recovery group here at Eastbrook. I am always encouraged whenever I see a group of people coming together to enter the pathway to healing and recovery with great vulnerability and persistence. This takes such great courage. I wove together some of my own …
Our Cross-Shaped Calling
In Hebrews chapter five, we find a striking picture of how Jesus developed in His calling through humility. Read these words: During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears...and He was heard because of His reverent submission. Son though He was, He learned obedience …
Matthew Erickson 