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“For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has its like ever been heard of? Has any people ever heard the voice of …
Continue reading "The Unseen is Seen: a poetic reflection on the incarnation"
A recent addition to my daily time in prayer has been a sort of conversational prayer with God arising from my reflection on Scripture and my life. After slowing down with a portion of Scripture, I often write out some of my own thoughts as a form of prayer in my journal. Then, I slow …
The entire life of faith begins with God reaching out to us first. In response to humanity’s fall from grace and sin’s impact upon this world, God sent Jesus—fully God and fully man—to live, die and be resurrected to bring us and all creation back to God through relational restoration. This is how the Apostle …
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I’ve enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year recently (see “Poetry for Lent,” “Poetry for Easter,“ and "Poetry for Ordinary Time"). As a follow-up to the "Poetry for Advent" and "Poetry for Christmas" series, I am continuing that theme with a series called “Poetry for Epiphany.” The season of Epiphany, runs from the …
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Andrei Rublev, "The Trinity," tempera; 1411 or 1425-27 One of the most mysteriously interesting passages of Scripture is Abraham and Sarah's hosting of three unknown visitors in Genesis 18. These three guests show up from nowhere to affirm God's promises to Abraham and Sarah, but also end up mercifully bargaining with Abraham about the destruction …
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Matthew Erickson 