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During my sabbatical, I re-read a book for the fifth time. That's not a very common occurrence for me, but Henri Nouwen's book The Way of the Heart is that sort of book for me. As I was looking through my sabbatical journals, I found excerpts from this book over a long stretch. So, as much for …
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To enter into the stillness of God and to attend to the silence of God requires patience. God is not a Labrador retriever who comes when we call. God is like the rain that comes when it will, whether the grass is green or the crops are failing. While it is true that, as Jesus …
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series, "Jesus on the Move," with a messaged entitled, "Transfigured" from Luke 9:28-36. This event conveys both the beautiful and dangerous glory of Jesus' true nature as fully God and fully man. The silence of the disciples at the end of it all echoes our own call to silence before …
This post continues my reflections on Dallas Willard's book, The Spirit of the Disciplines. Here, I look at two disciplines of abstinence that are critical to our entry into the deeper life with God are solitude and silence. Solitude Solitude is our intentional choice to step away from interaction with others, whether in person or …
The past few days I've been posting on the topic of listening. What about when we're listening to God - we come with open ears and hearts to Him - and we're not hearing anything. Is God listening to us? Is He there? Probably all of us have times when we feel like God isn't …
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Matthew Erickson 