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Continue reading →: To Seek and Save the Lost
Photo by Todd Trapani A 3-year-old boy in Alto, Wisconsin, wandered into a cornfield next to his home while chasing a cat. His parents called for help after losing sight of him in the vast 100-acre field. As night approached, deputies searched nearby homes and barns without success, prompting them…
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Continue reading →: John Wesley’s Rules for Voting
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt The rhetoric surrounding our upcoming election has reached a fever pitch, with each side warning that a…
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Continue reading →: Are You Growing?
“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old.” – Rosalyn S. Yalow A tree that stops growing eventually withers, but one that continually reaches for sunlight and nourishment remains vibrant and resilient, even through the fiercest storms. Its roots sink deeper…
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Continue reading →: What’s Valuable to You?
Vanmoof, a Dutch bicycle manufacturer, faced a significant problem: their bikes were often damaged during delivery, which was a costly issue given that most of their sales occurred online. They needed a creative solution, and they found one in an unexpected place. Vanmoof discovered that the boxes used to ship…
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Continue reading →: Bait and Switch
Image by Frank Minjarez “Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.” – Edmund Burke The endangered Corpse Flower, know as the “world’s stinkiest flower,” recently bloomed in Scotland. The plant is native to Sumatra, but a specimen at the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden…
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Continue reading →: How Much Lead in Your Applesauce?
“Holiness is not the privilege of a chosen few – it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.” – Mother Angelica How much lead do you like in your applesauce? None, you say? Well, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise if you…
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Continue reading →: Changed Circumstances or Changed Heart?
“No amount of regret changes the past, no amount of anxiety changes the future, any amount of grateful joy changes the present.” – Ann Voskamp There was a mouse who was scared of cats until a wizard changed him into a cat. Then he met a dog, so the wizard…
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Continue reading →: Post-Christmas Blues?
According to Psychology Today, it is "entirely normal to feel a sense of sadness" after Christmas. They suggest that one way to cope with post-holiday blues is to realize that others feel the same way. Indeed, as the saying goes, "Misery loves company." However, for Christians, Christmas is not yet…
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Continue reading →: Contagious Joy
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” – Henri Nouwen According to C.S. Lewis, both good and bad things can be contagious. Just like standing near a fire makes you warm and getting into water makes you wet, if…
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Continue reading →: Dragons, Worries, and Trust
“Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.” – Anonymous On the margins of medieval maps cartographers often wrote the Latin phrase hic sunt dragones, which means “there be dragons.” These words described the boundary where knowledge ended and…
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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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