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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…
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Continue reading →: Meet Bishop Lindsey Davis
We have a new bishop in Kentucky, Bishop Lindsey Davis. Bishop Davis is coming home. He is a former member of the Kentucky Annual Conference, served as the District Superintendent of the Lexington District, as pastor of St. Luke United Methodist Church, among other churches. He was elected bishop twelve…
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Continue reading →: Anxiety-Overcomers
Today in my message I shared the "Ten Commandments for Stress Reduction," I thought they deserved being seen again: Ten Commandments for Stress Reduction I. Thou shalt not be perfect, or even try to be. II. Thou shalt not try to be all things to all people. III. Thou shalt sometimes leave things…
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Continue reading →: Stressed Out?
I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on the nature of stress and the effects of anxiety in our lives. Psychologists tell us there are two kinds of stress, eustress and distress. Eustress is good stress. It’s the stress that comes from reading a syllabus in class, knowing you have a…
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Continue reading →: God’s Retirement Plan
The first thing to understand about God’s Retirement Plan is that there is no retirement in the Kingdom of God. In my message Sunday, which you can download or listen to here, I noted that a retirement spent in self-absorption leads to sadness and depression, but that a service-focused retirement…
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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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