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During Lent at Eastbrook Church, we are exploring how our hungers lead us to God in order to find true rest for our souls. The series, "Hungry for God," parallels the season of Lent, and has a companion daily devotional that you can access here. This weekend I explored the hunger for greatness by looking …
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St. Augustine of Hippo famously wrote near the beginning of Confessions: "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began a series that explores how our hungers lead us to God to find true rest for our souls. The series, "Hungry …
“Teach me your way, Lord.” (Psalm 86:11) Prayer begins by drawing near to God in response to His invitation. The next step, however, is to act upon that invitation with a desire to learn from and grow with God. Throughout the psalms, we encounter expressions of trust in God that lead into active growth with …
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I came across this quoted Pascal in his work Pensées as I prepared for my message this past weekend. It is one that I have shared in previous messages, but it is so relevant to our searching for identity: "There was once in man a true happiness of which there now remain to him only the mark and empty trace, which …
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued series "Holy Sexuality" with special guest Christopher Yuan with his parents, Angela and Leon Yuan, sharing their family testimony entitled "Out of a Far Country." This was a powerful reflection on the redeeming power of God in our lives through the Yuan's story. If you missed it, I highly recommend …
Matthew Erickson 