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Continue reading →: Wait? For What?
“The perfect time to start something never arrives.” – Jason Fried & David Hansson I wonder how the apostles felt on the day of Ascension. The risen Jesus, their mentor and friend, and now they understand him to be savior, is leaving. He promises the Holy Spirit and takes off.…
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Continue reading →: creatio Dei
“The ‘earth’ without ‘art’ is just ‘eh.’” – The Ink Society, Portland, OR I recently shared lunch with Uday Balasundaram. Uday is currently finishing his Ph.D. at Asbury Seminary and several years ago he served as the Worship Leader at Christ Church. Uday came up with an amazing way of…
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Continue reading →: Thanksgiving Thoughts
“Some people complain because God put thorns on roses; others are thankful to God because he put roses among thorns.” – Anonymous Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, but it can also be a painful holiday. Some people have spent most of their adult lives putting distance between themselves and the…
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Continue reading →: “What If?” or “What’s Next?”
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot Several years ago a gentleman took me to lunch and offered some sage advice I have not forgotten. This man was, and is, a committed Christ-follower and a successful businessman who built his considerable wealth from…
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Continue reading →: The Scariest Monsters a Man Must Face
[originally shared as a devotion at a Christ Church Men's Breakfast] There are some monsters every man must face. Some are scarier than others. These three are the scariest. Fear of Failure This is one of the worst monsters men face, the fear of failure. No one, and I mean…
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Continue reading →: Deep and Wide
“Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion – it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.” – Billy Graham There was a time when Billy Graham was criticized for his emphasis on conversion and deemphasis on continual conversion. Christian leaders…
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Continue reading →: Gratitude Works
"Reflect on your present blessings, on which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have."– Charles Dickens In my message Sunday I referenced an academic journal article by psychologists Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough titled "Counting Blessings Versus Burdens." One of the ways they measured…
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Continue reading →: Attitude Adjustment
“We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”– Chuck Swindoll The Serenity Prayer, written by…
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Continue reading →: Follow Your Dreams
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson My grandmother gave me a book about space exploration when I was very young. In it were pictures of the astronauts on the moon, the various spacecraft…
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Continue reading →: The Power to Choose
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – Stephen Covey Stephen Covey, the iconic author of the best-selling “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” died last week at age 79. Covey’s book, which may very well be the best selling “self-help” book of all time (unless you count Rick…
Hello,
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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