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Continue reading →: Been Fleeced Latey?
This Sunday we were blessed to hear a message by a good friend of mine, Rev. Dr. Mindy Johnson. Mindy is a United Methodist Elder and graduate of the Beeson Pastor Program, the program I am currently in at Asbury Seminary. Her message was a poignant reminder that God calls…
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Continue reading →: Dissertation Thoughts: Strengths-based Approach to Ministry
This week I am working hard on my dissertation for my Beeson Doctor of Ministry degree. Actually, I am writing a twenty-five page paper for Dr. Steve Seamands' "Theology of Ministry" class. The paper will hopefully be morphed into significant parts of the first two chapters of my dissertation. So,…
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Continue reading →: A Positive Life of Gratitude
Living with an ongoing sense of awe and wonder at the incredible gift of life with which God has endowed us is living a fulfilling, positive life. It seems that in some strange way our brains are wired to think more about negative things than positive. Scientists speculate this is…
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Continue reading →: Discover Your Strengths
In my message, "Life Is Good: How to Be Positive in a Negative World, part 2" I spoke of one of the essentials in experiencing the Abundant Life (John 10:10) is to "Engage Your Strengths." Each one of us is a unique creation of God and in my studies for…
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Continue reading →: Happy News
You don't have to depend on the Constant Negative News (CNN) for all your news! There are other outlets. Last week I mentioned two: www.thehappynews.com www.optimistworld.com These are legitimate news sources that focus on the good news. Now, for the Good News, you'll want to be in church on Sunday!…
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Continue reading →: Adopting a Positive Lifestyle
A positive lifestyle is far more than positive thinking. The positive thinking school believes you can manufacture positivity in your own life based on altering your thinking patterns through repetition of positive mantras: "I'm an Ameri-CAN not an Ameri-CAN"T!" "I'm getting better every day in every way!" Think positive, be…
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Continue reading →: Voted!
For me, voting's not that difficult, my polling place is the church! There are two precincts here, Palomar and Palmetto. I'm in the Palomar precinct. I have to admit, I failed to vote for the Board of Education. I really intended to educate myself on that election, but I didn't,…
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Continue reading →: How About Jesus as King?
Yesterday's message title was tongue-in-cheek. I really don't think Jesus would make a very good president. He would never be able to serve two terms. Either he would be impeached or he would simply lose the re-election bid. Not sure he could ever get elected in the first place. Who…
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Continue reading →: Stress Busted
I wrapped up the Stressbuster series by reminding you to help calm the storms in other people's lives. Far too often, we become so overwhelmed with our own life circumstances that we forget Jesus wants to use us to speak Peace! into the lives of others. I wanted to take…
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Continue reading →: Desert Abundance
There's a scripture that jumped out at me when preparing for the Stressbusters series that I mentioned in passing in the second message, meant to expand upon in this past week's message, but after working on the message, decided it just wouldn't fit. The beauty of a blog is 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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