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Continue reading →: Being Thankful People
“It’s not happy people who are thankful, it’s thankful people who are happy.” – Unknown Author The Thanksgiving holiday can be hectic, especially if you’re cooking! Be thankful you have people in your life to serve. Thanksgiving can be tense if you have to travel. Be thankful you're travelling to…
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Continue reading →: How Old is Too Old?
How old is too old? It’s a bit of a strange question, but one that apparently some serious people are asking and answering. Some are opinion leaders and influencers, persons in prominent positions who shape public policy. How old is too old? When do you cease to be a contributor…
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Continue reading →: Making Disciples
“The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.” — C.S. Lewis The…
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Continue reading →: The Impact of Relationships
“True personhood arises not from one’s individualistic isolation from others but from love and relationship with others, from communion.” — John Zizioulas To be a person is to be in relationship with others. This is how our very existence is experienced, in relationship. René Descartes famously wrote, “I think, therefore…
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Continue reading →: A Happy Life
“Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted…
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Continue reading →: The Defeat of Death
“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.” – Chuck Palahniuk Death is a disaster. It is an intrusion, an interruption, the enemy. Resurrection happens on the heels of disaster. If you think about it, you can’t have resurrection without death, for resurrection is the undoing of death. If death doesn’t…
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Continue reading →: Beyond Regret
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb Regret is a painful emotion. It feels like failure. No one enjoys failure. The nagging feeling of “what could have been,” of "what if," of unrealized potential can haunt us…
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Continue reading →: Fools for Christ
“Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.” 1 Corinthians 3:18 (NRSV) Today is April Fools’ Day. Is it a day for fools? to celebrate foolishness? Is it a day to be foolish? Or…
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Continue reading →: What Are You Giving Up for Lent?
I’m giving up meat for Lent. Oh, wait a second, I haven’t eaten any meat since October of last year. Yes, I even remember the meat I enjoyed: a 16 oz. ribeye steak from Texas Roadhouse. Mmmmmmm. So, what’s up with giving up stuff for Lent, anyway? I mean, I…
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Continue reading →: Doing Good
“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” ― John Wesley The Christian ethic is a…
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I’m Chris
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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