Flourishing Life

In my message, Blessing the Blessing, Family Guys & Gals, part 4, I used a hilarious video clip from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The clip was Veruca Salt's tantrum in her father's business, insisting that her dad find one of Willy Wonka's golden tickets, granting her entrance to…

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Okay, by popular demand here are the lists: Top Ten Rules for Women, from Men: 10. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.9. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it…

In my message, "Love Life: Family Guys and Gals, part 3", I quoted the theologian, John D. Zizioulas. He is an Orthodox Metropolitan who used to teach theology at the University of Glasgow. A metropolitan in the Orthodox Tradition is like an archbishop in the West. He's a bishop who…

If I could figure out how to embed this video here I would… I'll work on that… but for now, I thought this was a nice complimentary video to my message: "Love Life: Family Guys & Gals, part 3." Hang in there with it, it looks like just a normal…

Families are funny. We’re all a part of a family, though some of us have tried to run from our families because they have been so painful. We’re still related, though. You can change a lot about yourself, your address, your look, you can even change your name. You can…

    In my message this morning, "Worship Elements: Blessing," I shared about the English translation of the Septuagint's Psalm 23:1. Instead of the more widely known, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want," the Septuagint reads, "The Lord shepherds me, and I shall lack nothing."     The Septuagint…

    A man is driving his family from the church to the restaurant following a Sunday worship service and he comments on the experience at church, saying, “I didn’t really like the music, today. I didn’t know any of the songs.”    His wife replied, “Really, I thought they were alright.”   …