"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Gregory of Nyssa and the Pursuit of God
This past weekend in my message, "The Pursuit of God," I referenced a quotation by St. Gregory of Nyssa taken from his influential work The Life of Moses: “Once having set foot upon the ladder…he [Moses] continually climbed to the step above and never ceased to rise higher, because he always found a step higher …
“The Way of Love” – a message from 1 Corinthians 13
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." This week we arrived at one of the most well-known passages in the entire letter of 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. Hopefully you already know that these words were not written by Paul specifically about marriage, even …
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A Prayer of St. Basil the Great
We bless Thee, O most high God and Lord of mercy, Who art ever doing numberless great and inscrutable things with us, glorious and wonderful; Who grantest to us sleep for rest from our infirmities, and repose from the burdens of our much toiling flesh. We thank Thee that Thou hast not destroyed us with …
Matthew Erickson 