Matt Erickson
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
Looking forward to beginning our journey through #Lent as @EastbrookChurch with the “Hungry for God” devotional and sermon series, exploring human longing, soul-deep hungers, and how God satisfies us to re-engage with His world.
The latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer” is here with Jemar Tisby on race-relations in the church, Tim Keller on post-Christian culture, an historic vote for the UMC, contagious anger and outrage, & more.
It’s hard not to enjoy this Tiny Desk Concert by Ólafur Arnalds at NPR Music.
I’m working on a preaching series related to the good neighbor, so a few questions for you. What do you think it means to be a good neighbor, and why? Also, what are the greatest barriers to neighboring in our world and cultures today?
I came across these words by W. H. Auden in his foreword to Dag Hammarskjöld’s Markings and thought they were worth thinking about further.
I love this prayer of St. Anselm, which is part of my Sunday blogging of historic prayers in the church. This has been a great learning experience for me.
“The point of everything in corporate worship is not personal experience, but building up the church itself.” - Gordon Fee on 1 Corinthians 14 in his NICNT commentary.
Attention “is the essential and necessary means of our growth in knowledge and of any progress that we make on the path toward wisdom. Attention shapes what we know and value, and therefore determines who we are and can become.” - Blum & Hochschild
“In the same books I also read of the Word, God, that his birth came not from human stock, not from nature’s will or man’s, but from God. But I did not read in them that the Word was made flesh and came to dwell among us.” - St. Augustine.
I’ve enjoyed preaching my way through various titles of Christ recently at @EastbrookChurch, including this past weekend exploring Jesus as the Word of God from the Gospel of John, chapter 1.
The latest edition of “The Weekend Wanderer” is here with Jemar Tisby, Roger Olson on evangelical ‘whiteness’, Oneya Okuwobi on multi-ethnic church, Wesley Hill on Nadia Bolz-Weber’s latest, and more.
I can never quite get over C. S. Lewis’ quote: “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” But I love it even more in its context in Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer.
Snow day in Milwaukee means I am getting the chance to work my way through the first draft of the Lenten devotional, “Hungry for God,” for this year at @EastbrookChurch. It’s so great to read so many personal reflections on Scripture from our church community.
The latest edition of the “Weekend Wanderer” is here with Muslim conversions to Christ under ISIS, Instagram Christianity, changes in abortion laws, and so much more.
I appreciate your prayer support as I work on messages for @EastbrookChurch related to Jesus as the Son of God and Jesus as the Word of God as part of our “Name Above All Names” series.
