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Continue reading →: Moses and the Ten Suggestions
I’ve come up with an idea: a way to contemporize the Ten Commandments. I thought I would offer these as a way of making the Bible more approachable. I was thinking about producing a new film, instead of “Moses and the Ten Commandments,” I’ll name my film, “Moses and the…
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Continue reading →: How’s Your Love Life?
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal Grace.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning I always thought the above quote was from Shakespeare. Just goes…
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Continue reading →: The School of Adversity
“There is no education like adversity.” – Benjamin Disraeli In human life it is impossible to avoid suffering. Siddhartha Gautama, the man who later became known as the Buddha, was raised in a highly privileged and protected environment as the son of a royal. When he was a young…
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Continue reading →: Change Happens
“For what it’s worth it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the…
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Continue reading →: Forrest Gump on the Meaning of Life
“Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.”…
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Continue reading →: Back to the Preferred Future
Mr. Strickland: I noticed your band is on the roster for the dance auditions after school today. Why even bother, McFly? You don't have a chance, you're too much like your old man. No McFly ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley! Marty McFly: Yeah, well, history is…
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Continue reading →: Christopher Hitchens on Christianity
“I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian.” – Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens died this past…
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Continue reading →: Great Camp Video
This was used in worship last week at the United Methodist National Summit of Camp & Retreat Executives at Lake Huron Retreat Center. The intro is a little long, but watch it anyway. This is cool and a real blessing. It was produced at an Episcopal high school summer camp.
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Continue reading →: Be Like a Shepherd
“The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God.” Luke 2:20a (NRSV) Following their encounter with the angel and going to Bethlehem to see for themselves the newborn Savior, Messiah, and Lord, they returned to their fields. They went back to work watching over the sheep. Yet, they were changed. When you…
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Continue reading →: All Saints… Not the New Orleans Kind
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who…
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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