Our “Flourishing Together” journey is a 3-year shared learning experience focused on “living life as God intended.” We will continue to explore the domains of happiness, mental and physical health, meaning and purpose, close relationships, financial stewardship, and (our current study) character and virtue.   Virtue may be defined as moral excellence. It’s a manifestation…

At FBCA, we began our 3-year “Flourishing Together” journey back in January at the Launch Weekend. We learned about the Global Flourishing Study. We were introduced to the 6 flourishing domains and the 12 question “Flourishing Measure.” We heard from Kate Long and Scott Heare about this landmark project and confirmed our church’s participation.  …

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2). Personal Relationship Christianity is a personal relationship with King Jesus made possible…

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” John Wooden (legendary basketball coach)   One of the Global Flourishing Study domains we’ll be talking about over the next few years is character and virtue. “Character” is…