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Continue reading →: A Recipe for Happiness? P.E.R.M.A.
Martin Seligman is a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s the Director of the Positive Psychology Center there, the director of the Penn Master of Applied Positive Psychology program, the former president of the American Psychological Association, the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, and something like nine…
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Continue reading →: The Connection Between Happiness and Holiness
Is there a connection between happiness and holiness? Are people of faith happier than those who lack faith? Christians have been thinking about this for many years and the consensus, from the early church, is that happiness and faith, particularly, happiness and holiness, go hand in hand. What is happiness?…
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Continue reading →: The Answer to Hopelessness
The Courier-Journal headline reads: “Kentucky bourbon giant Jim Beam reaches milestone despite COVID-19.” The story tells of record production during the pandemic as they respond to accelerating demand. That’s the real story. The headline should read that their production milestone was reached because of the pandemic, not despite it. The…
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Continue reading →: Do You Want a Happy OR Meaningful Life?
Do you want a happy life or a meaningful life? Well, this question poses a false dichotomy. You can’t have a happy life without living a meaningful life. Meaning is a vital component of happiness. A life devoid of meaning would be devoid of happiness. So many people, sadly, pursue…
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Continue reading →: Flying the Unfriendly Skies: Narcissism at 30,000 Ft.
The pandemic revealed a lot about our society. The whole academic discipline of Public Health needs a makeover. Hopefully, when we’re finally past this thing and can examine what was done, wasn’t done, and how information was communicated, positive progress can be made in the field. One thing that’s also…
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Continue reading →: More Religious = More Happy??
Does religious participation make you happier? How does religion affect happiness? First of all, I must confess: I used the “Religion vs. Relationship” trope years ago in a series of sermons at Christ Church United Methodist in Lexington, KY. I was wrong to use these words in that way. I…
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Continue reading →: Less Screen – More Happy
Every time a new technology comes along, people freak out. They imagine all the potential ways this new technology can hurt them. We’ve been doing this for a long time. When the printing press was invented and books became widely available for the first time, people feared this invention because…
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Continue reading →: A Lesson from the Holy Trinity
“Self-giving love is the Trinity's signature.” – Roderick Leupp When John Wesley was young, an older, wiser man told him, “Sir, you wish to serve God and go to heaven? Remember you cannot serve him alone. You must therefore find companions or make them. The Bible knows nothing of solitary…
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Continue reading →: Busting Happiness Myths
Everyone wants to be happy. If that’s the case, why are so many people unhappy, or at least not as happy as they’d like to be? One of the reasons is because they pursue happiness through the wrong means. They do things they think lead to happiness, joy, and contentement…
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Continue reading →: How to Make Happiness Work for You
In my last post I wrote that happiness is hard work. It is. So, today I’m going to share with you how to work hard to make happiness work for you and in you and even, dare I say, through you! First, I want to start out with this amazing quote…
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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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