Yesterday I began a series of three posts on Henri Nouwen's book In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership. I continue that series here by delving into the second part of that book: "From Popularity to Ministry." Doing Ministry TogetherI have read this book several times, but I continue to be deeply impacted …
Arriving One: the final destination of the church
This past weekend we concluded our series, "One: The Being of God in the Life of the Church," at Eastbrook Church. To bring this great exploration of unity to a close, I traced the movement from the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9 to the heavenly vision in Revelation 7:9-10. In one sense this is …
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Praying One: learning to pray for unity from Jesus’ prayer
As we continued our series, "One: The Being of God in the Life of the Church," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church I explored Jesus' prayer in John 17 as a key to the unity of the church and an example for how prayer contributes to unity. I concluded the message with a time of …
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A Necessary Tension: Bonhoeffer on Solitude and Community
As I continue to reflect on unity as we walk through our current series at Eastrook Church, "One: The Being of God in the Life of the Church," here is a powerful quotation from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Life Together on the necessary tension between solitude and community: Let him who cannot be alone beware of …
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Becoming One: the developing unity of the church as the community of Christ
As we continued our series, "One: The Being of God in the Life of the Church," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church I turned a corner from our focus on God's part in bringing unity to our part in upholding unity. The first message in the series, "God is One," explored how unity comes through …
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Matthew Erickson 