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Continue reading →: Our Worship Identity
“Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is not just something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don’t. Everybody worships; it’s just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.” – Paul David Tripp Worship…
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Continue reading →: Words of the Wise
A pastor was invited to preach at a church out of town. His wife, who accompanied him, was sitting in the pew listening intently, when about a third of the way through the message the man sitting next to her leaned over and whispered, “That guy can’t preach a lick,…
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Continue reading →: Good Friday
“Jesus cannot forget us; we have been graven on the palms of his hands.” – Lois Picillo In order to get to Easter, we have to go through Good Friday. The hope of Easter, the hope of resurrection and life in the Kingdom only comes through the suffering of the…
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Continue reading →: The Desire to Know and Love God
“If you have desired to know Him and love Him, you have already done what was expected of you, and it is much better to desire God without being able to think clearly of Him, than to have marvelous thoughts about Him without desiring to enter into union with His…
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Continue reading →: Dream Dreams
"Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind.” – The Rolling Stones Deep inside each of us is a God-shaped and God-birthed dream. It is a dream of who you could be, of what you could do, of how you could impact the lives of those around you. It…
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Continue reading →: Thoughts on Feast and Fast on Fat Tuesday
“Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.” – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Today is Fat Tuesday.…
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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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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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