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Continue reading →: Does God Care If You’re Happy?
Does God care if you’re happy? Looking around the interwebs I find tons of secular resources on happiness. We need more Christian voices out here. The problem is that when the topic of happiness comes up, lots of Christians believe happiness and godliness don’t go together. Why the disconnect between…
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Continue reading →: Want to Be Happy? Be Virtuous
How does virtuous living lead to happiness? Does being good help you become happier? What does it even mean to be good, or to live a virtuous life? Virtue… there’s a word I’ve heard more and more of lately, but not in a good context. You may have heard the…
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Continue reading →: Upping Your Optimism Game
It’s amazing to reflect on some of the latest findings about how our brains function. You’re brain is sort of like the wiring in a house. Habitual thought-patterns make physical changes in your neural pathways and you become set in your way of thinking and perceiving the world. That’s kind…
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Continue reading →: What Is Happiness?
What Is Happiness? Everyone wants to be happy, so it’s probably a good idea to figure out what happiness actually is! People have been thinking about happiness for a very long time, there’s even a really cool book titled, “Happiness: A History” by a historian named Darrin McMahon. If you want…
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Continue reading →: Bible Reading 101
The beginning of a new year is a good time to start a new, healthy habit. Daily Bible Reading is as good a habit as any, so here are some helpful tips in starting and maintaining daily Scripture reading. Three Tips to Get Started Consistently Reading God’s Word 1. Make…
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Continue reading →: How to Be Happy(er) in a Pandemic
Can you be happy(er) during a pandemic? If you bought Zoom stock in January of last year, you’re probably feeling pretty good right now. However, money can’t buy happiness, so, is it still possible to be happy in the middle of a pandemic? The first vaccines are rolling out, which is…
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Continue reading →: Christmas: God’s Search for Humanity
The 12th century Buddhist poet, Saigyo Hoshi, wrote the following after a visit to a Shinto Grand Temple: God’s here? Who can know? Not I. Yet I sigh And tears flow Tear on tear. The world longs to experience ultimate reality. People want to believe in and experience a being…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Bypass Advent
Years ago I was invited to preach a revival at Cadiz United Methodist Church. My father had served there beginning my senior year of high school. I stayed in Louisville to finish up school, but visited my parents and that church weekends and summers when I was in college. Cadiz…
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Continue reading →: Set Free for Freedom
A young couple goes to the church office to answer some pre-marital questions with the pastor. The young man, who’d never talked to a pastor before, was nervous, so the pastor tried to put him at ease. When the pastor asked the question, “Are you entering this marriage of your…
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Continue reading →: How Do You Approach Scripture?
Jesus, facing his testing in the wilderness prior to his public ministry, was tempted by the devil to turn stones into bread. He’d been fasting for quite some time and I imagine this would have been quite the strong temptation. But Jesus replied to the tempter, “Man shall not live…
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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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