Christmas showed us, God is not an isolationist! Right now I am reading my way through four books by my favorite rabbi, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (check him out here). I am reading several of the books intermittently. The one I am reading a chapter daily from is To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility. Rabbi […]
Yes, you read it right. But, you are probably wondering, “Did he say that correctly? Isn’t it supposed to be, the beginning of the end?” Not in this case. The Flourishing Project has not come to an end. Our commitment to helping you experience abundant life, the real and eternal, more and better life than you […]
Do you know what is the longest chapter in the Bible? Your answer is: (______________). I’ll come back with the answer in a few moments. Here is my proposal, my thesis, my challenge, my invitation. You will FLOURISH when you know God, when you know his plans, his purposes, his will, his way, […]
In the sermon on Sunday, May 28, I said I believe Christianity has the most spiritually satisfying, emotionally healthy, intellectually robust perspectives on the problem of suffering you will find. I have studied the religions of the world, as well as many of the great philosophies. So many of the “best answers” I found there […]
Once again, here are the three questions we ask about suffering: Why am I suffering? Where is God as I suffer? What am I to do about my suffering? Yesterday we looked at how to think about the first question. Today I will cover the second and third questions. *************** Question Two: Where is God as […]
Flourishing! Suffering! We normally think of these conditions as being incompatible. I can flourish OR I can suffer. That is a mistaken way to understand flourishing. This misunderstanding is part of the fuel for what is called the Prosperity Gospel (also called the Health and Wealth Gospel or the Name It and Claim It Gospel). This biblical […]
Yesterday was Memorial Day: A day of remembering those who died while serving their country. Veterans Day (November 11) remembers all who served in the military, not only those who died. This post does not celebrate war. It does celebrate the greatest of all sacrifices – to give one’s life for the sake of what is loved. […]
5 Insights About a Life of Purpose The Purpose Driven Life (it now has a new title: What on Earth Am I Here For?) sold about one billion copies and was translated into 453 languages, including Martian. Well, that is an exaggeration, but not by much! It has sold 40 million copies and has been translated […]
What’s on your bucket list? What’s in your bucket? I hope your bucket is full of friends. If there is one single predictor of your future happiness, it is the quality of friendships you enjoy. In February and March we did a series on relationships called Life Together. Relationships are about as important as it […]
As we have gone through our Get Real series talking about the life of flourishing, I am reflecting on my own life. In so many ways, I believe I am experiencing that real and eternal, more and better life Jesus came to give us (John 10:10). I want the people I love to flourish. It […]