"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 …
Discipleship: notes toward intentionality
The following notes are from a message I gave to our Leadership Community at Eastbrook Church on August 12 as we launch into a more intentional focus on discipleship as a church in this current ministry year. Some of the thoughts are specific to our church, but I felt like a lot of the data …
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The Great Commission
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our series entitled "The Beginning of the End," as well as our entire year and a half journey through the Gospel of Matthew. This series explores the resurrection of Jesus in tandem with some of Jesus’ teaching about the fall of Jerusalem and the end of all time. …
Scatter the Word :: Vincent van Gogh, “The Sower”
Vincent van Gogh, The Sower; oil on canvas; 1888. After Jesus' resurrection, there are numerous accounts of Jesus meeting with His disciples. Several of those accounts depict Jesus' commissioning His disciples to continue the work He began (see Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:45-49; John 20:19-23; Acts 1:6-8). He invites them to become witnesses of Jesus …
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To Be Sent on Mission
This past weekend as part of our new preaching series with other churches entitled "United," I had the privilege of preaching at Northbrook Church. This first week of the series I expanded upon the statement that the church is a people called by God that is sent on mission. I explored two key truths, that …
Matthew Erickson 