Flourishing Life

In Christmas animations, cards, pageants and more, we see the heavenly host singing Christmas carols to the shepherds as they watched over their sheep on that first Christmas night. There were shepherds and there were angels, but they weren't singing Christmas carols to the shepherds. At first, there was one…

The legend goes something like this: Martin Luther, the great reformer of the Western Church, was traveling home one evening through a forest of evergreens as he stopped to view the way the twinkling stars shone through the boughs of the beautiful trees. Desiring to share this wonder with his…

If you missed the message The Reality of Christmas: The Three R's of Christmas, part 2, and the first seven myths, go here. Myth #8 is "Xmas is taking Christ out of Christmas!" Now, to watch many Christmas specials on television, walk through your local mall, or listen to Christmas…

The Incarnation is best understood “…more fundamentally as an act of love, an expression of God’s own nature. Even had there been no fall, God in his own limitless, outgoing love would still have chosen to identify himself with his creation by becoming human.” – Kallistos Ware I wanted to…

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…

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…

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…