This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I spoke about "Beginning to Live with Love." Here is a list of practical suggestions I'd like to offer on how we can put love into action: Ask God to reveal a material need in the life of someone around you, and then respond by meeting that need no …
Where is the Source of Love?
During my college years, I took a trip to the mountains of Honduras to help install a gravity-fed water system in three villages. Working alongside the local people, we dug channels, laying PVC piping in long circuits from the tops of the mountains down to each village. Why did we do this? The water they were …
Hope that is Magnanimous and Humble
When we live with hope, we begin to move beyond our circumstances. In the New Testament epistle of Hebrews we read these words: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance …
A Brief Response to the Critique of Christian Hope
Some critics of Christianity say that Christian hope is just wishful thinking. Some say that Christianity is just a pipe dream - an unattainable hope. Frederick Buechner, an author of numerous books about the spiritual life, addresses this in his own comments about Christianity and hope. He writes this in his book, Wishful Thinking: Christianity is …
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Jackie Robinson and Hope that Is Unseen
In 1947 there was a lot to be hopeful about. World War II was over. The world, and the United States as a nation, was settling into a renewed peace. But there were some whose hopes were limited. There were deep racial divides in our country and it seemed like a glass ceiling existed on …
Matthew Erickson 