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Continue reading →: An Emptiness Full of Promise
“Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” – Clarence W. Hall A pastor made the following observation on Easter, “The world offers promises full of emptiness, but Easter offers emptiness full of promise.” At Easter, there’s an empty cross, an empty tomb, and…
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Continue reading →: St. Patrick, the Missionary
According to pious legend, St. Patrick was born to Christian parents at the end of the fourth century in Roman Britain. Though his parents were Christian, he did not share their faith. When he was fifteen years old, Irish slave traders abducted him and took him to Ireland. During his…
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Continue reading →: Virtue Signaling in Light of Lent
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because he loves us.” – C.S. Lewis Virtue signaling is a thing. It’s a major form of communication on social media, especially Twitter. In our age of high anxiety, where…
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Continue reading →: What Are You Doing this Lent?
“Worshiping Jesus together may be the single most important thing we do. It plays an indispensable role in rekindling our spiritual fire, and keeping it burning.” – David Mathis Lent begins with Ash Wednesday next week. Lent is the season in the Christian year leading up to Easter that we…
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Continue reading →: A Solid Foundation?
“Without a solid foundation, you’ll have trouble creating anything of value.” – Erika Oppenheimer The Millennium Tower in San Francisco is the tallest residential building in San Francisco. The luxury condominium high-rise was opened in 2009 to residents. It’s a 58-story, 645-foot-tall skyscraper. And, it’s leaning. Not only is it…
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Continue reading →: Epiphany-inspired New Year’s Resolution
Epiphany celebrates the visitation of the Magi to Jesus in Bethlehem. January 6 has been set aside for this commemoration for over 1,600 years. The significance of Epiphany is in the name, which means manifestation or appearance. Classically it was used for the appearance of the sun at dawn. In…
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Continue reading →: Resolutions are Hard
“People need revelation, and then they need resolution.” – Damian Lewis Are resolutions worth making? Online grocer FreshDirect reports1 that lots of their customers fall short of keeping resolutions. Customers’ liquor and wine consumption picks up by forty percent in February. At the same time, juice-cleanse sales drop by twenty-five…
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Continue reading →: All I Want For Christmas…
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.” – The Rolling Stones Many Christmases ago our family always drove from wherever we were living at the time back to Louisville during the Christmas season. Both my parents grew…
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Continue reading →: Thanksgiving Thoughts
“It’s not happy people who are thankful, but thankful people who are happy.” – Anonymous Wanda Dench texted an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner to someone she thought was her grandson. The problem was that her grandson had changed his number and neglected to tell her. So, the text went to…
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Continue reading →: Re•forming Church: Grace Alone
“Amazing grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” – John Newton October 31, 2017 is the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. In honor of this important date, I offer these…
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Welcome to Flourishing Life, a space designed to help you pursue the abundant life God offers everyone. Jesus said in John 10:10, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (ESV). I’m convinced God created the world for flourishing human life. However, we’ve all contributed to the brokenness in the world and our own lives. Many don’t even realize a better way is possible. My hope for this blog is that you’ll discover the life God has always intended for you, the ones you love, and the world.
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