Matt Erickson
Happy to share my messages from Good Friday, “The Painful Gift of Forgiveness,” and Resurrection Sunday, “The Good News of the Resurrected One,” from this past weekend at @EastbrookChurch.
As Spring arrives here in Wisconsin, I begin looking forward to speaking at Fort Wilderness this summer, June 29-July 5, in the beautiful north woods. There are still spaces available, if you want to join me and my family there.
The latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer” is here with Wesley Hill on Jesus’ resurrection, Notre Dame ablaze, spirituals birthed in hardship, PreachersSneakers, Austin Kleon on creativity, and much more.
I’m praying for a lot of ministry friends during one of our most active and joyful times of the year within the church. I appreciate your prayer support today as I work on messages for Good Friday, Easter, and the weekend after Easter.
Here is the latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer” with Iraqi Christians facing deportation, Ajith Fernando on cross-cultural discipleship, Walker Percy’s relevance, church fires, a black hole, and more.
I appreciate the way that Scot McKnight outlines the unfortunate way folks idealize Christian community, refusing to make space for the inherent messiness of human relationships, in A Fellowship of Differents.
Spending some time with this great book as I work on a sermon series for this summer at @EastbrookChurch and write a summary article on how to approach preaching this effectively.
“Peace: two poems” — one by George Herbert and the other by Gerard Manley Hopkins, each with a distinctive approach to the struggle for peace.
Here’s the latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer”: remembering Evelyne Reisacher, David Brooks on the “dirty river of information,” novels & empathy, power in quiet, Andy Crouch on transhumanism, and more.
I just finished re-reading That Hideous Strength, the third novel of C S Lewis’ Space Trilogy. One of the most poignant moments comes near the end of the book, after the N.I.C.E.’s descent into chaos.
The hunger to know that is built into each of us is vital to living well and finding meaning and joy. Still, there are some challenges that we must face about our hunger to know.
Here’s the latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer” with Hans Boersma on Scripture memorization in Lent, another church shut down in China, tensions in Gaza, Francis Spufford’s Narnia novel, and much more.
I love this series of paintings by Ilya Rapin themed around the temptation of Jesus.
What is your favorite book to recommend on the nature of pastoral ministry? It could be theological, practical, biographical, etc. I have some of my own favorites, but I’m interested to hear from others on this.
“Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others…and that you preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others.” - Richard Baxter
Re-reading C S Lewis’ That Hideous Strength this last month has reminded me of what an interesting novel it is in Lewis’ corpus. He brings together his love for science fiction and fantasy, his probing thoughts on the “inner ring,” plus a generous helping of Charles Williams.
The latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer” includes a 1993 article on story by Robert Jenson, Mark Mulder’s review of Tisby’s The Color of Compromise, John Zahl on Lent, T S Eliot, and Sufjan Stevens.
Here’s the latest edition of The Weekend Wanderer with a look at Iranian converts in England, Christianity’s ‘subversion’ of the Chinese government, the case for reparations with David Brooks, and much more.
Pleased to write this article for Christianity Today’s Pastors imprint: “The Disturbing Temptations of Pastoring in Obscurity”.
“Accordingly, two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self…the heavenly by the love of God.” - St Augustine on the Nature of the Two Cities, the Earthly and the Heavenly.
Here’s the latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer,” with what people are giving up for #Lent, James K A Smith on boredom, Noah Toly on Welcoming the Stranger, Macrina, Tolstoy, and so much more.
“Understanding Ash Wednesday” - a short video pulled together by our team at @EastbrookChurch
“Beginning with Hunger” - a reflection on hunger and desire as we begin the journey of #Lent
