This past weekend, I continued our "Beginning to Live" series at Eastbrook Church by focusing on "Beginning to Live with Hope." All this week, my blog posts are themed around the topic of hope. In the Gospel of Luke, we come upon an interesting story shortly after Jesus’ resurrection. Two men who had followed Jesus …
Instant Faith?
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I launched a new series called “Beginning to Live.” The focus of this past weekend was faith and so my blog posts this week are all about faith. Faith is something very challenging for us in our day. We live in a fast-paced culture intent on instant gratification. We …
Faith at 110 Stories – Philippe Petit [repost]
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I launched a new series called "Beginning to Live." The focus of this past weekend was faith and so my blog posts this week are all about faith. Here is one of my favorite stories that illustrates what faith looks like. In the early 1970s, Philippe Petit, a French …
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Living with Faith
Faith. It's the object that Christianity is built upon and around. This past weekend, we launched a new series at Eastbrook entitled "Beginning to Live." While celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, I spoke about "Beginning to Live with Faith." But what is faith? Ask around and so many people say things like: "At least I have …
||40days|| week seven: Jesus Was Still
When a person dies, there is a sudden and unsettling stillness that settles into their body. It feels and looks unnatural because there is an utter stillness. Unlike sleep, where the rhythm of breathing usually conveys a peaceful and restorative rest, the stillness of death seems harsh. Jesus died on the cross. His brutalized body …
Matthew Erickson 