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Continue reading →: SuperMom!
"All mothers are working mothers." – Unknown What's for Mother's Day Dinner? The answer is usually a local restaurant. It's interesting that in so many homes, the food preparation is still mostly handled by Mom. Sure, Dad can find his way around a grill, but even then he depends on…
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Continue reading →: How Big Is Your God?
“Are your problems bigger than God, or is God bigger than your problems? Our biggest problem is a small view of God.” – Mark Batterson How big is your God? That’s a question we need to hear when we perceive our problems are too big to handle. The truth is…
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Continue reading →: Responding to Stress
“It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.” – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Viktor Frankl was a Viennese neurologist when the ravages of World War II swept through Europe. Because he was Jewish, he was caught up in the Nazi war machine…
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Continue reading →: Thriving Through Taxing Times
[Note: This is a devotional for men shared at the Christ Church Men’s Breakfast on Tax Day, April 17, 2012] The first federal income tax was levied in 1861 in order to support the Civil War effort in the North. Initially, it was a tax only on the highest incomes.…
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Continue reading →: Star or Role Player?
Would you rather be a star player on a mediocre team or a role player on a great team? This is a question I have pondered as I have watched the Kentucky Wildcats Men’s Basketball Team play this post season, starting in New Orleans at the SEC Tournament, then on…
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Continue reading →: On Saint Valentine’s Day
“Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value and identity. But this revelation remains impossible as long as we are the prisoners of our own egoism. I cannot find myself in myself, but only in another.” – Thomas Merton If you gave the above quote only a…
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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…
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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