Not too long ago, I was speaking on the topic of humility. That is a challenging message for me to give because I so often find pride more evident in my life than humility. As I prepared for the message, I found that God was giving me all sorts of opportunities to be humbled in …
What Happened to Christmas?
On November 29, I kicked off our new series at Brooklife Church called "What Happened to Christmas?" The sermon was focused on how we prepare for Christmas in a world that, although it prepares in many ways, often gets it wrong. I suggest that we can prepare for Christmas rightly be doing three things: Looking …
"Brighter Day" by Chris Lizotte
I'm a big fan of a guy named Chris Lizotte who is a worship leader at a Vineyard Church in California. What I love about his music is the way that he conveys such honest and heart-felt worship of God in his music. He's been around for awhile, but I just came across this video …
What Must God Be Like?
A professor of mine in my college days enjoyed asking the question “what must God be like?” For him, that question became a springboard into a larger world of reflection upon the wonders of God’s being and creativity.“What must God be like,” he would wonder aloud, “that the rings of Saturn are wound together in …
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 …
Matthew Erickson 