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What I Learned from 'Leaving Church' (pt 1)
When a friend recommended a book to me called Leaving Church, I was surprised by two things. My first surprise was that the book was written by one of the best preachers I have ever heard, Barbara Bro… more →
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Jesus is Emmanuel
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Matt Erickson wrote 5 days ago: One of my favorite titles for Jesus is Emmanuel, which means God with us. As we continue in Advent, … more →
What is Advent?
Matt Erickson wrote 1 week ago: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel. We are in the midst of the season of Advent. Adv … more →
What I Learned from 'Leaving Church' (pt 3)
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Matt Erickson wrote 1 week ago: What if the church was ‘more like a way station than a destination’? When I first became a Christian … more →
What I Learned from 'Leaving Church' (pt 2)
Matt Erickson wrote 1 week ago: Recovering the mysterious fear of the Lord There is a phrase throughout the Bible that we tend not t … more →
What I Learned from 'Leaving Church' (pt 1)
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Matt Erickson wrote 1 week ago: When a friend recommended a book to me called Leaving Church, I was surprised by two things. My firs … more →
Jesus Knows, Jesus Cares, Jesus Heals
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Matt Erickson wrote 3 weeks ago: When I was about ten years old, I was playing golf with my friend, Chris, in his back yard. It wasn … more →
Storyteller: Jesus and Parables
Matt Erickson wrote 1 month ago: This past Sunday at Brooklife, we began a new series called “Storyteller” that is lookin … more →
Leadership Summit 09 - Summary Page
Matt Erickson wrote 1 month ago: Because some folks have continued to ask about this, here is a summary post through which you can ac … more →
New technologies: Promise and Peril for Ministry
Matt Erickson wrote 1 month ago: The latest issue of Christianity Today has a brief article that I added helpful fuel to fire of disc … more →
Broken and Weak
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Matt Erickson wrote 1 month ago: [I wrote this article for Relevant Magazine's online edition a few years back. It is no longer avail … more →
Age Segmentation in Church Ministry
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Matt Erickson wrote 1 month ago: For five years I was the Collegiate Ministries Pastor at Elmbrook Church. In my work area (affection … more →
Revealing?: reflections on Willow's "Follow Me"
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Matt Erickson wrote 1 month ago: I’ve finally taken the chance to review the second book associated with Willow Creek’s Reveal study … more →
Twitter - continuing the conversation
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Matt Erickson wrote 2 months ago: I continue to have a lot of conversations with friends and colleagues about the value and use of tec … more →
One nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself
Matt Erickson wrote 2 months ago: Tyler Cowen of the Marginal Revolution blog brought to my attention: The email edition of the Britis … more →
It's All About Me - Spiritual Growth Gone Wrong
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Matt Erickson wrote 2 months ago: Many times our lives are aimed more at ourselves than God. Even when we are approaching spiritual gr … more →
It's All About God - Notes on Spiritual Growth in the Right Direction
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Matt Erickson wrote 2 months ago: This past weekend, Kelly and I facilitated an Infusion at Brooklife on the topic “Discovering … more →
Jesus is Local and Personal
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Matt Erickson wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus’ way of doing things recently. A couple of years ba … more →
Stateside for a bit.
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david wrote 2 months ago: Well, Shannon and I are back in the states for about a month after being in Ukraine almost exactly a … more →
Rob Bell on Leadership in Ministry
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Matt Erickson wrote 2 months ago: I came across an interesting interview of Rob Bell by YouthWorker Journal. It was interesting becaus … more →
