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Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 26 September 2026 with Doug Sikkema on formation with great books, Christians arrested in Algeria, Chris Smith on worship services, preaching with images, Alan Jacobs on Malick IRL, Clare Coffey on AC aesthetics, and more.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/26/here-is-the-weekend-wanderer.html","date_published":"2026-09-26T11:43:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 11:43","date_timestamp":1790422992,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97994441","content_html":"@ayjay I just put this in my “to read” list right before seeing you post this.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97994441","date_published":"2026-09-22T21:13:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 21:13","date_timestamp":1790111609,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97973123","content_html":"I wrote “A Litany for Pastors based on Matthew 23” - praying toward true humility and future fruitfulness.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/22/i-wrote-a-litany-for.html","date_published":"2026-09-22T13:26:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 13:26","date_timestamp":1790083610,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97914271","content_html":"Here is my latest article on preaching in CT Pastors: “Casting Pictures into the Imagination.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/21/here-is-my-latest-article.html","date_published":"2026-09-21T13:07:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-21 13:07","date_timestamp":1789996060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97813928","content_html":"Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 19 September 2026 with Brother Lawrence, Makoto Fujimura on America at 250, Meghan Sullivan on the good life, worry-free Wendell Berry, remembering the 16th Street Church bombing, Annie Dillard’s passing, and more.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/19/here-is-the-weekend-wanderer.html","date_published":"2026-09-19T12:08:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-19 12:08","date_timestamp":1789819683,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97711799","content_html":"While searching for a photo of a group hiking on a trail, I found this wonderful photo taken by one of my kids on a wilderness trip in the Uncompahgre Wilderness in Colorado four years ago. There’s something captivating to me about this shot.
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@dswanson Good books stand the test of time. Especially when written by such gifted and insightful authors.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97699157","date_published":"2026-09-17T13:50:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-17 13:50","date_timestamp":1789653052,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97653979","content_html":"@ayjay I just received an email suggesting ways to promote a book that sounds like the book I’ve written but is not. I wondered if others were receiving emails helping to promote my book with their name on it. So perturbing but also sometimes makes me laugh.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97653979","date_published":"2026-09-16T19:46:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 19:46","date_timestamp":1789588003,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97653908","content_html":"@JimRain Amen and amen.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97653908","date_published":"2026-09-16T19:45:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 19:45","date_timestamp":1789587905,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97639854","content_html":"@ablerism Oof. I didn’t know about Dillard until I read your post. That’s hard to hear. Berry’s passing has gutted me in a very deep way, and this adds to it. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Teaching a Stone to Talk, and The Writing Life are all so meaningful to me.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97639854","date_published":"2026-09-16T14:21:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 14:21","date_timestamp":1789568466,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97577914","content_html":"I wrote: “Fractured in Love: What kind of God are we dealing with at the Cross?“
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/15/i-wrote-fractured-in-love.html","date_published":"2026-09-15T14:08:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-15 14:08","date_timestamp":1789481291,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97479127","content_html":"@jaheppler Definitely worth the read!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97479127","date_published":"2026-09-13T20:06:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 20:06","date_timestamp":1789330007,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97459857","content_html":"“Tremble, earth, at the presence of the LORD,\nat the presence of the God of Jacob,\nwho turned the rock into a pool,\nthe hard rock into springs of water.” (Psalm 114:7-8)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/13/tremble-earth-at-the-presence.html","date_published":"2026-09-13T11:37:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 11:37","date_timestamp":1789299441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97426744","content_html":"@ablerism Wow. What a deep connection with that day through the friendship Brian had. Thank you for sharing this photo and perspective, which hit me as so meaningful.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97426744","date_published":"2026-09-12T18:17:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 18:17","date_timestamp":1789237054,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97411075","content_html":"Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 12 September 2026 with Pascal for today, Elizabeth Oldfield seeks beauty, Chris Hall on lectio divina, not resettling religiously persecuted, Jenny Odell on attention, spirituality and regenerative agriculture, and more.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/12/here-is-the-weekend-wanderer.html","date_published":"2026-09-12T11:32:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 11:32","date_timestamp":1789212720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97303743","content_html":"@ayjay Thank you for sharing these reflections. Those photos of the old neighborhood are beautiful for someone who’s never been there but would be utterly shocking when the homes of your youth are no longer there. Praying for you these days.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97303743","date_published":"2026-09-10T16:33:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 16:33","date_timestamp":1789058012,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97298316","content_html":"@mwerickson Here is the recording.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97298316","date_published":"2026-09-10T14:30:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 14:30","date_timestamp":1789050650,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97297372","content_html":"I have listened to a recording of Wendell Berry reading this beautiful little poem several times since his passing. I return to it again and again because it fills me with hope.
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4740/2026/the-seed-is-in-the-ground-wendell-berry.png\")
@ReaderJohn I had that feeling, too, when I read it. Lord, have mercy on us!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97297239","date_published":"2026-09-10T14:09:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 14:09","date_timestamp":1789049361,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97249840","content_html":"I snapped this photo on a walk with my wife after a swim in a lake as the sun set. Truly the golden hour.
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@ReaderJohn This is beautiful, John. Thank you for sharing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/97180035","date_published":"2026-09-08T19:37:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-08 19:37","date_timestamp":1788896223,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97179923","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781416591054/cover.jpg\")
\nI just finished reading: Empire of the Summer Moon Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne 📚
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4740/2026/las-delicias-honduras.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/08/i-wrote-learning-to-bear.html","date_published":"2026-09-08T13:01:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-08 13:01","date_timestamp":1788872483,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97013065","content_html":"Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 5 September 2026 - with a collection of reflections and essays on Wendell Berry in honor of his passing on August 31, 2026.
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I loved joining my friend Mark Grapengater for his podcast, “Feast Days,” to talk about my book The Pastor as Gardener, and how metaphor, story, and imagination can renew pastoral vocation.
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@ayjay Thank you for sharing this. Praying for you, Teri, and the entire family walking through this journey with your mother.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96888995","date_published":"2026-09-03T13:01:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 13:01","date_timestamp":1788440508,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96834856","content_html":"@mwerickson It also reminds me of the delightful exchange of letters between Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder, collected in Distant Neighbors, much of which relates to poetry, nature, and the sacred.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96834856","date_published":"2026-09-02T16:17:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 16:17","date_timestamp":1788365846,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96834805","content_html":"@ayjay I’m sorry to hear about the family health difficulties. My own writing on it was therapeutic for me as much as anything else. I appreciate that you mentioned Standing by Words which was one of first few books by Berry I read and loved, but I rarely hear it mentioned.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96834805","date_published":"2026-09-02T16:16:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 16:16","date_timestamp":1788365767,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96827931","content_html":"@dswanson Thank you, David. I’d love to hear your reflections as well.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96827931","date_published":"2026-09-02T13:35:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 13:35","date_timestamp":1788356127,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96824860","content_html":"I wrote a personal reflection on Wendell Berry and his influence on me: “One Must Begin in One’s Own Life”: On the passing of Wendell Berry (1934-2026)
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4740/2026/manifesto-the-mad-farmer-liberation-front.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/09/02/i-wrote-a-personal-reflection.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T12:14:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 12:14","date_timestamp":1788351241,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96824757","content_html":"@ReaderJohn :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96824757","date_published":"2026-09-02T12:11:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 12:11","date_timestamp":1788351094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96765943","content_html":"@ayjay I just read the news about Berry’s passing this morning, and it left me both sad and grateful. His writing and his life have deeply influenced me for the better.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96765943","date_published":"2026-09-01T13:34:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 13:34","date_timestamp":1788269656,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96765915","content_html":"@mjkaul It is well worth a visit!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96765915","date_published":"2026-09-01T13:33:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 13:33","date_timestamp":1788269605,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96725368","content_html":"The last ten days or so I spent vacationing around the state I live in with my wife, Kelly. We enjoyed the first four days in the drift less region of central and southwest Wisconsin, which is a really beautiful place. Here is one night’s sunset view from the front porch of our tiny-house AirBnB.
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Do you want to explore a renewed imagination as a ministry leader? Join me and a small group of ministers as we journey through themes of my book “The Pastor as Gardener: A Renewed Vision for Ministry” in partnership with CrossPoint Ministry. Find out more information here.
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@ayjay This is very helpful for me to read, and gives me something to ponder further. Thank you so much.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96670112","date_published":"2026-08-30T19:19:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 19:19","date_timestamp":1788117555,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96621447","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781681493480/cover.jpg\")
\n\nWhile on vacation I was deeply rewarded by reading Mysterium Paschale The Mystery of Easter by Hans Urs Von Balthasar and Vita Contemplativa In Praise of Inactivity by Byung-Chul Han 📚
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96621353","date_published":"2026-08-29T19:09:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 19:09","date_timestamp":1788030577,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96621278","content_html":"@dswanson That’s a good haul!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/96621278","date_published":"2026-08-29T19:06:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 19:06","date_timestamp":1788030403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96509982","content_html":"“The Blessed Life Amid Trials” - the ninth in a series on the Beatitudes
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/08/27/the-blessed-life-amid-trials.html","date_published":"2026-08-27T19:52:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 19:52","date_timestamp":1787860357,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96009534","content_html":"@mjkaul That is a pretty amazing gift within a gift!
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\n\nLast night I finished reading The Patient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan Kreider. In so many ways I appreciated his attention to patience in patristic writing and the in-depth exploration of catechesis. But at times I felt he slanted evidence toward his pre-conceived notion of patience. 📚
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There are few television series I return to more than once, but Kelly and I always seem to enjoy Endeavour, the prequel series to Inspector Morse, with Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. Is it just the Oxford charm? I don’t know…but possibly.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mwerickson/95914183","date_published":"2026-08-17T13:57:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-17 13:57","date_timestamp":1786975075,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95819310","content_html":"Here is “The Weekend Wanderer” for 15 August 2026 with Thomas Kelly on life from the center, Dallas Willard’s business cards, Brad East on AI, can we retire from tech to live offline?, the great seminary sorting, filmmaking of Robert Bresson, and more.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://mwerickson.micro.blog/2026/08/13/friends-im-working-on-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-13T18:22:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Erickson","url":"http://mwerickson.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F10138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mwerickson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-13 18:22","date_timestamp":1786645356,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95663420","content_html":"I was looking through some photos from a few years ago and found this one I took of my son climbing up and standing in the middle of a formation at Arches National Park. We had just arrived at the park in time to catch sunset and didn’t want to miss the amazing views.
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