falling fast in a dark shaftwith no handholds or bottom below cast out on rough seas alonestruggling to stay above the waves walking ghostly among the corporeal worldor like the only fleshly body in a landscape of phantoms nauseous stomach like something within needs to be expelledyet empty inside with a sucking black hole fixed …
Lamenting Our Losses: three vital parts of lament in the pandemic
I was talking with a friend the other day about some of the changes we have experienced during the pandemic. Some of them were simple—activities we could no longer enjoy or places we could no longer visit—and others were more complex—missed milestones in our lives, friends and family members suffering with sickness, and concerns about …
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Empty Arms prayer service tonight
Tonight at our regular 2nd Tuesday Worship and Prayer gathering at Eastbrook, we will have a special prayer service for those who have experienced pain in the loss of an infant or unborn child through miscarriage, the loss of a young child, regretted abortion, or the long ache of infertility. This gathering is open to …
The Good News of Jesus
This weekend, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus at Eastbrook Church, we will begin a two-week message series exploring "The Good News of Jesus." Drawing upon the post-resurrection accounts within the Gospel of John, we want to bring into sharper focus the ways in which Jesus brings good news to the world. April 20/21 …
A Response to the Connecticut Tragedy
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I set aside the sermon I had prepared in order to speak to the tragedy that struck Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. My desire was to address both how we are to understand a shocking event like this and how we should respond to it as Christians. You can …
Matthew Erickson 