Hungry for Peace
No one wants to live feeling depleted and empty. We all want to live out of a place of abundance, satisfaction, and peace. We hunger to feel like our lives are on the right track and that everything is ‘right,’ in the best sense of the word. The biblical word for this is peace or, …
James Tissot, Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
Ilya Rapin, Temptation of Jesus
The Disturbing Temptations of Pastoring in Obscurity
I had the privilege of writing an article for Christianity Today's CT Pastors imprint that was released today. There's an excerpt below, but you can read the full article here. Gregory the Great, so tradition tells us, was a reluctant pope. Well-educated and from a wealthy family, Gregory experienced inner tension between his longing for the contemplative …
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Matthew Erickson 