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Continue reading →: WKU vs. UK
Well, it wasn’t much of a game. There were a couple of moments of excitement. One was the WKU interception early in the game, the other was one long run. That was it. The most exciting thing that happened was a UK fan who was wearing an EKU shirt who…
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Continue reading →: What Are Your Strengths?
In yesterday’s message, Office Hours: Strong Hours, I talked about using your strengths at work and how strengths represent the inherent talents, interests, and the skills you have developed along the way that are related to how God created you. We affirmed the truth that we are "God’s handiwork, created…
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Continue reading →: Conference Camp Ministries
Yesterday I spent seven hours at the Kentucky Annual Conference offices in Crestwood, Kentucky. I am the chairman of the new KAC Camp & Retreat Team. I met with David Sparks, the KAC Ministries with Young People staff person, and the directors of three of our four camps. My first…
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Continue reading →: Office Hours: More Thoughts
A preacher’s task is never done. There is always more to be said on any particular scripture or subject. I could never exhaust the meanings and life lessons of any scripture or subject matter simply because God’s Word is so multivalent, rich, and what one author calls “thick” and because…
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Continue reading →: Boyd Orchards
We enjoyed a fun afternoon at Boyd Orchards, near Versailles, Ky. Roz, Chloe, Josiah, Lydia, and Josiah’s friend from school, Tate, and me, loaded up in the family van and headed out through beautiful horse country to enjoy lunch, games, and picking apples. We arrived around lunch time and ran…
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Continue reading →: iPhone
Wow! I can now update the blog from my iPhone! This will probably be most useful for short updates and pics from exciting and exotic locations… like Liberty!
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Continue reading →: Wesley Class Trip
Yesterday was a good day for a road trip. I was the Wesley Class Cruise Director, as we traveled just south of Liberty, Kentucky, to the Bread of Life Cafe and Sunny Side Store. The Bread of Life Cafe is a restaurant that is run by the folks who run…
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Continue reading →: Old Blog
To check out my old blog, go here. It’s funny to call it my old blog, it’s only about a month old. I am almost completely switched over now to this blog, which will become my permanent blog… for now!
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Continue reading →: Your Eschatology’s Showing
In seventh grade we learned a new word: epidermis. Epidermis is your outer layer of skin. I’m not sure where we learned this, it wasn’t in science because our seventh grade science class had nothing to do with human anatomy. I do know, however, that we started going around telling…
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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