Matt Erickson
Journey to the Cross 2025: beginning our Lenten journey.
Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 1 March 2025 - a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend.
Friends, I deeply appreciate your support as I work on messages today for the next couple of weeks at Eastbrook Church, first to finish up our current series on the epistle of James and then for a new preaching series on seeing Jesus in Leviticus during Lent.
Yesterday, our preacher at Eastbrook Church, Jenny Ellefson, mentioned the Covenant Prayer of John Wesley, so I posted it at my blog today. It’s a wonderful prayer of consecration.
So great to talk on a video call with a group of ministers from around the country tonight about life and ministry, and to conclude with prayer for one another. It is such a gift to remember we are not alone in our ministry.
Currently reading: Cosmic Liturgy by Hans Urs von Balthasar 📚
Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 22 February 2025 - a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend.
The Calling of God’s People: a word from Micah 6 - In recent days, I have been thinking quite a bit about what it means to be God’s people in God’s world.
So, after many failed attempts to make my way through it, I finally read through The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright 📚 This is an amazing book!
“Prayer: A Litany of Humility” - attributed to Rafael Cardinal Merry Del Val: “Jesus! Meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus…”
Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 15 February 2025 - a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend.
A photographer friend asked me to work with him in an upcoming project by articulating a theology of seeing. If anyone has recommendations on resources to explore as I develop this, I would gladly welcome your input.
Enjoying reading Richard Foster’s classic book, Streams of Living Water with our staff at Eastbrook Church this year. Such a wonderful wide-angle look at spiritual formation and the life of the church. 📚
My wife, Kelly, and I just finished reading aloud This Is Happiness by Niall Williams. What a wonderful book and such a delight to read it aloud. 📚
Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 8 February 2025 - a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend.
Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 1 February 2025 - a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend.
Always challenged by the statement from Archbishop William Temple: “The Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.” Thought-provoking now as always.
“God Is One”: I love this clear and deep description of the Trinity by St. Maximos the Confessor/
Here is the “The Weekend Wanderer” for 25 January 2025 - a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend.
Working on sermon planning for Easter and beyond today.
For everyone, what is something you wish churches were addressing or books of the Bible you think are particularly important at this time?
For preachers, what sermon series have you found particularly helpful recently?
Working on the Lenten devotional for Eastbrook Church. I am so excited about our journey in Lent as a church family with Jesus through Leviticus. I believe this will be fun, deep, and transformational.
“Any Man’s Death Could End the Story”: An Excerpt from Wendell Berry’s “Rising”
