Last Saturday night was an amazing night for me as I was installed as the new Senior Pastor of Eastbrook Church. It was a powerful night of worship and prayer together as a community with many important mentors and friends joining with us. While there is so much I could say, I wanted to simply …
What Is It?: Ash Wednesday and Lent
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the traditional season of Lent, a 40-day journey (minus Sundays) toward Easter. Some may ask, what is Lent all about? Lent is more than a worn-out tradition of the old-school church marked by self-absorbed sorrow and meal-skipping. Rather, Lent is our journey into greater depths of life with Jesus …
Busyness: A Love/Hate Relationship
I struggle with busyness. I hate it, yet I love it. Being busy refreshes me, but it can also suck the life out of my soul. In my recent reading of a biography of Henri Nouwen, an amazing writer on the spiritual life who was also a professor at Yale and Harvard, I came across …
Christmas/New Year’s break
In case you didn't notice, I am taking a break from blogging from Christmas to New Year's. This is a time when I generally step back to reflect upon the last year before thinking and praying about what God has for me in the year to come. So, this is my chance to take a …
My Departure from Brooklife
Because I have realized that not everyone I have contact with is aware of my transition from Brooklife Church to Eastbrook Church. To fill in the background, I am posting a letter I wrote about my journey with this that I read to the church a number of weeks ago. This coming Sunday, August 22nd, …
Matthew Erickson 