Almighty God, who can stand before You without feeling some level of smallness, fear, and failing? Have mercy on us in spite of our wrongs, and bring Your forgiveness over our sins, both known and unknown. Save us from false religion, from the bustling of activity that has lost its center in You and fails …
Joel [God in the Ruins]
As we continued our series, "God in the Ruins: The Message of the Minor Prophets," this past weekend at Eastbrook I walked us through the prophet Joel. Joel is an often overlooked book of the Bible, although a couple of passages are fairly familiar because of their connection with historic markers in the church year: Ash …
A Prayer inspired by the prophet Joel
To you, Lord, we call, seeing the challenges in the world around us as the nations rage and the challenges within us as our souls often rage. We turn to You, Lord, not with outward shows, like rending of garments, but with the humility of broken and contrite hearts. We turn to You, Lord, because we …
Andy Warhol, Repent and Sin No More!
Looking Back and Stepping Forward: a new year’s message
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I preached a message, "Looking Back and Stepping Forward," which was a stand-alone message for the new year. I shared some practices - looking back at the past year and stepping forward into the new year - that have helped me most over the years to close out one …
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Matthew Erickson 