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I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
Continue reading "James Weldon Johnson, “The Creation” [Poetry for Ordinary Time]"
I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
Continue reading "Tomas Tranströmer, “Open and Closed Spaces” [Poetry for Ordinary Time]"
This past weekend at Eastbrook, my friend, Will Branch, continued our series entitled "The Messiah's Mission," by looking at Matthew 9:9-17. This includes Jesus' calling of Matthew from his tax booth, as well as teaching about Jesus as the bridegroom and new wine skins. You can find the message video and outline below. You can …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new series entitled "The Messiah's Mission," based in Matthew 8-12. This weekend I explored Matthew 8:23-9:8, where Matthew groups three miracles of Jesus around the theme of His authority. We see Jesus' authority over nature, demonic spirits, and sin and forgiveness. The entire series of episodes leads …
Hidden streams wind their way, unseen by any eye as they work their wonders. Water melts and joins the flow as currents collect the melt in curving arms and carry it away to roaring rivers, heaving lakes and raging oceans. Do they know - do they care - what they create? Yet still they flow.
Matthew Erickson 