The||40days|| journey of Lent has taken us along the road of acknowledging difficult things in our lives, turning from them, listening to God's voice, and then following Jesus, our Leader. This week, we continue the journey with a focus around the theme: 'live.' At times, it might be easy to mistake the journey of these …
Facing Trials
I continued our series, "Journey to the Cross," this weekend at Eastbrook Church as we looked at Jesus' trials before the Jewish and Roman authorities in Mark 14:53-65 and 15:1-15. My message was entitled "Facing Trials." My main focus centered around this idea: when Jesus was facing His trials, there was more than meets the eye …
||40days|| week five: follow the charge
There are few things which set the blood pumping as much as watching a team make a heroic charge to victory. Whether it's an underdog basketball team surging to an upset or a football team pushing down the field in the last two minutes of a game, such an effort is quite a thing to …
||40days|| week five: follow the Leader
Leadership is a hot topic these days. Go into any bookstores and you will find hundreds of books on leadership. Being a leader is different depending on the setting. It is one thing to lead a race with many in pursuit of you but it is another thing to lead a team where you facilitate …
||40days|| week five: follow wherever
"You can just follow me there." I'm sure we have all had the experience of following someone in our car from one place to a final destination. We may not know where we are going, but trust the person to lead us around curves, through unexpected turns, racing through yellow lights to the destination. When …
Matthew Erickson 