One of my favorite portions of Scripture is Psalm 136. The call and response of the musical poetry of this psalm is both refreshingly focused and hypnotically reflective. On this Thanksgiving Day, when we focus as a nation on things we are grateful for, join me in giving thanks to the Lord, for He is …
Thanksgiving at Eastbrook
Join us for worship on Thanksgiving morning at 10 AM at Eastbrook Church!
Aiming for Second Place
It was a real pleasure for me to speak this past weekend in the worship servicesĀ at Elmbrook Church as part of their series "Greatest Hits." Not only is my good friend, Jason Webb, the Senior Pastor there, but my first ministry position in Wisconsin was as the Pastor of Collegiate Ministries at Elmbrook (2003-2008). That …
Thankful Hands
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series entitled "Thankful." The message, "Hands," was based out of John 6:1-15, which is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 from a small child's meager lunch. I built the sermon around the question, "what do you have in your hands?" The outline for the message is …
Thankful Heart
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I kicked off a new series entitled "Thankful." While there are a lot of things we may be thankful for, I wanted to set the tone for deeper thankfulness by looking at the character and activity of God. The message was based out of Psalm 107, which begins with those …
Matthew Erickson 