This past weekend at Eastbrook Church I began our series "Holy Sexuality" with a message entitled "God's View of Sexuality." The message was my attempt to lay the foundations for our next few weeks, by providing a clear approach to the story of God revealed in Scripture and how that relates to our sexuality in contrast to other cultural …
All I Want is Someone to Believe In
Who are your heroes these days? Have you ever had a chance to meet one of your heroes face to face? As I continued our series "All I Want for Christmas" this weekend at Eastbrook Church we looked at David, one of the great heroes of the Bible. Building upon his life story, we studied the pivotal Scripture passage …
||40days|| week two: acknowledge our longings
What do you dream about? What captures your imagination in the middle of the day? What secret longings do you have that you keep only to yourself or a close friend? Each of us have longings that arise within the depths of our souls. It is part of what it means to be human. As …
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Saturday Prayer 45
All around me in the natural world, I see reminders of who You are, oh God. Every season reveals Your person and glory. In the beauty of deep skies, in the variegated contrasting colors of falling leaves, in the slanting shadows of autumn's sunlight All these things remind me that You are here ever and …
Saturday Prayer 30
Oh God, our Father, through the holy wonder of Your One and Only Son reveal Yourself to me. Oh Father, I know it is sheer gift; I know it is only by the choosing of Your Son. Oh God, our Father, So long I have not known Your life in my living; reveal Yourself to …
Matthew Erickson 