This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series, "Family Portrait," with a message entitled "Family Secrets." My message was a reflection on the life of Jacob, culminating in his wrestling match with the angel of the Lord in Genesis 32:22-32. My main point in the message is that we need to face into our family secrets, …
Family Portrait
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church, we are beginning a series entitled "Family Portrait." The family is a significant part of God’s plan in the world. At one level we are all part of the family of God, as Paul writes: “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people …
||40days|| week two: acknowledge our brokenness
When I moved into a new house, there were some problems with the driveway. Because of ground settling, the slabs were angled toward one corner of the house. Our house inspector identified the problem and told me that if we didn't remedy the situation in some way, there would likely be water seepage into the …
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Broken and Weak
[I wrote this article for Relevant Magazine's online edition a few years back. It is no longer available online, so I am re-posting it here.] I have a friend who is in the midst of a separation from his wife. He’s hurting. We were talking in another friend’s kitchen tonight about all that is going …
Yancey on Brokenness
Philip Yancey, that most exquisite of evangelical writers, has an excellent, brief article on sin and brokenness that I read this morning. Yancey's take on things connects deeply with me. The connection between sin and brokenness at both the personal and social level is one that I have spent a lot of time pondering. (You …
Matthew Erickson 