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Continue reading →: Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
I posted this last year, thought it was worth re-posting. Mom… thanks! Thanks for loving me, even when I was unloveable. Thanks for raising me in the way I should go. Thanks for taking me to church. Thanks for showing me the meaning of grace. Thanks for being a stay-at-home…
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Continue reading →: Juxtaposing Pride and Grace
Read Luke 7:36-50. Jesus visits Simon's house as his guest. Simon was a Pharisee, so right off the bat our interest is heightened because Jesus doesn't make a regular practice out of eating with his most serious critics. Pharisees, religious leaders of Jesus' day who become even more central to…
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Continue reading →: Crazy Jesus
Read Luke 6:27-36. Jesus, it seems to me, is a very difficult person to follow. Indeed, follow is what he asks of us. He doesn't say, "Hey, check me out, see what I'm doing, listen to what I'm saying, but pretty much forget about it when you go about…
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Continue reading →: Wonderful Good Friday Song
Good friend and fellow Beeson Pastor, Rev. Steve Dunmire, recorded this song on his computer Friday morning in preparation for his church's Good Friday service. He sent it out to our cohort of Beeson Pastors as a blessing to us, and it certainly was and is. I have to admit,…
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Continue reading →: More Korea Videos
I was talking to someone in my small group who mentioned that from reading my blog he thought I must still be in Korea because of my lack of blogging! So, here are some catch-ups. I did return from Korea, and what an amazing trip it was. I feel so…
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Continue reading →: Christian Television in Korea
CTS is the premier Christian television broadcaster in Korea. We were treated to a tour of their facilities, including inside this studio. This place is in a large building in Seoul and is high tech to the max! I was impressed not only with their technical capabilities, but with the…
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Continue reading →: Conference Center in the DMZ
One day we took a trip to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ… ironic name because it is highly militarized). This was beyond description for me. Surreal. At one point we were standing within shouting distance of a North Korean soldier with no barrier at all between us. Others said when they…
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Continue reading →: Chapel at Prayer Mountain
Kwanglim Methodist Church owns an amazing retreat facility called Prayer Mountain. We stayed here two nights and conducted debriefing sessions in this beautiful chapel. Kwanglim has facilities that would rival many annual conference retreat centers in the States. In this video, Rev. Bob Kaylor, from Park City, Utah, one of…
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Continue reading →: Starbucks in Seoul
Amazing how American companies export American products anywhere. What's really funny about this is that Koreans, in general, don't even drink that much coffee and when they do it is generally of the espresso variety. Korean coffee shops don't even sell brewed coffee. The closest you can get is an…
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Continue reading →: Korean Musings
Today we visited the Seoul Girls Commercial High School. The principal of the school is the father-in-law of the senior pastor of Kwanglim Methodist Church. This is a Christian school that is more technologically advanced than any school I've either seen or heard of existing in the United States. It…
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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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