Pastor Brian’s latest mini message video has 11 tips to keep you engaged while you’re staying safe at home. Watch his message here, and read below for his list of tips. There are two verses in the Bible, one from the Old Testament and the other from the New Testament, that speak to this: Teach […]
Few things are as powerful and confusing as your identity and image. God has beautiful and transformative things to say about who you are and who you can become. When you know who you really are, when you know your people and your place, when you know the truest things about you–you flourish. Join us […]
When was the last time you read the book of Ecclesiastes? If you have 60-70 minutes of time, sit down and read through it in one sitting. You will be glad you did. The second verse of the book introduces the theme that is repeated throughout: “Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly Meaningless. Everything is Meaningless, says the […]
In preparation for The Flourishing Project, I have done quite a bit of reading and studying over the last 6 months. I read a dozen or so of the most important books on happiness. It was really interesting to find these authors agreeing that spiritual (or religious) people are happier people. They did not necessarily […]
May I assume that you know God is smarter than you are?* And may I assume that you know God is a Whole Lot smarter than you are? How much smarter is God than you? Through the prophet Isaiah, we get a little glimmer of HOW MUCH smarter God is. Let’s just understate it and […]
Have you heard about the little book, 14,000 Things to be Happy About? It was written by Barbara Kipfer. It is just a list (a long list) of things that should make you happy. What is beautiful about these 14,000 things is that most of them are simple. (Sorry, there are also some vulgar ones […]
Did you ever hear the story of the traveler who was lost in rural America? (This was before the invention of GPS.) He was hopelessly lost. Finally, he stopped and asked a farmer for directions on how to get to where he was going. After thinking for a minute, the farmer said, “Well now, you just can’t […]
I have been thinking about this for a long time. Flourishing. Thriving. Abundance. Life. Love. Laughter. Family. Friends. Meaning. Purpose. Health. Beauty. Goodness. Truth. Virtue. And Jesus! I have been thinking about Jesus a lot! “In him was life and that life was the light of men.” (John 1:4) “I came so they may have […]