I preached this past weekend at Eastbrook about "Prayer as Living within the Power and Love of God" from Ephesians 3:14-20. Thinking about the love of God is something I never tire of. Although it didn't make it into the sermon, I was reminded of this quotation from from C. S. Lewis in The Four Loves: …
Living Like Light in the World
As I concluded our series, "Will You Be My Neighbor?", this past weekend at Eastbrook, I took a practical look at how John 8:12 and Matthew 5:14 fit together in our faith and practice. In these two verse, a theme of light from God shining through Jesus and His people come together, yet in different …
Barriers to Loving Your Neighbor
This past weekend at Eastbrook, as we continued our series, "Will You Be My Neighbor?", Dan Ryan helped us consider barriers we have to loving our neighbor. Touching upon the key aspects of what it means to be Modern, American, and Evangelical, Dan opened up some very helpful insights through story-telling and study of the parable …
When God Became Our Neighbor
This weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new 4-week series entitled "Will You Be My Neighbor?" This series is an extended reflection on how Jesus' call to love God and love our neighbor works its way out into the ordinary context of our neighborhoods. I began the series this weekend by looking at the call …
Six Pastoral Reflections on the California Synagogue Shooting
This past Saturday, a 19-year-old man opened fire in a synagogue near San Diego, Chabad of Poway, killing one and injuring several others. This past fall, a similar shooting occurred at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, taking even more lives. Since Saturday's events, I have been reflecting on how we should think about and …
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Matthew Erickson 