Matt Erickson

Currently reading: Leading with a Limp by Dan B. Allender 📚

Dipping into an old favorite as I work on my message for this coming weekend from Hebrews 10:25 with @EastbrookChurch

Currently reading: The Art of Patience by Sylvain Tesson 📚

“We must pray who we actually are, not who we think we should be….The way of prayer is not to cover our unlovely emotions so that they will appear respectable, but expose them so that they can be enlisted in the work of the kingdom.” - Eugene Peterson, Answering God

Currently reading: This Sacred Life by Norman Wirzba 📚

Currently re-reading: Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson 📚

Currently reading: Run with the Horses by Eugene H. Peterson 📚

Currently reading: The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2) by Andrew Root 📚

Currently reading: Earth and Altar by Eugene H. Peterson 📚

A beautiful view of Spider Lake while at Fort Wilderness last week. So thankful for that meaningful place and community, as well as regular time there.

Just finished reading: The Gardener’s Son by Cormac McCarthy 📚

Currently reading: This Hallelujah Banquet by Eugene H. Peterson 📚

I love this picture from last year while traveling near a covered bridge.

Currently reading: A Commentary on the Apostles’ Creed by Rufinus. 📚

Currently reading: Dogmatics in Outline by Karl Barth 📚

So thankful to celebrate my son, Josh, on his twentieth birthday. I’m so proud of him and thrilled to cheer him on as he grows into an amazing man!

Currently reading: Dostoevsky by Rowan Williams 📚

Something about this texture fascinates me.

Just finished reading Savage Gods by Paul Kingsnorth 📚

Okay, friends, what are your top recommendations for resources on Genesis 1-11. They could be commentaries on all of Genesis, books or articles on specific topics of that portion, or any other things that come to your mind.

Doing some work on ministry and metaphor, specifically on how our conception of what it means to be a pastor is shaped predominantly by metaphors of shepherding that may unintentionally exclude other metaphors for ministry. Any recommendations of works to consult on this?

Early April in Wisconsin

Currently reading: The Inner Voice of Love by Henri J. M. Nouwen 📚

Friends, I’m exploring doing a sermon series on the Apostles Creed in the future. I’m looking for recommendations on how to approach such a sermon series, examples of such sermon series, as well as your recommondations on “best books” about the Apostles Creed. Any suggestions?