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Let it Be to Us According to Your Word

Today, our pastor asked staff a question: What part of the Advent season are you carrying with you into the year ahead?  This Advent, I’ve been sitting with Mary (Luke 1:26–38), a young woman standing at a crossroads she did not choose. I’ve been pondering her response to the angel and the circumstances she found…

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Flourishing Relationships

As we continue to learn more about Flourishing Together, it’s important to remember the natural synthesis between the domains. Flourishing Domains Flourishing is a relative state of “holistic health” where an individual has an overall sense of wellbeing. For study and understanding, it’s helpful to distinguish between the domains. In actual living, they’re profoundly interconnected.…

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The Gospel Belongs to Every People

The church has always been most alive when it remembers that the gospel belongs to every people. From the beginning, the Spirit has pushed believers beyond their familiar worlds. The early church in Acts was born multiethnic, multi-lingual, and radically hospitable. That reality still calls to us today.  Look around your own city. In Australia,…

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Flourishing Leaders

The world is full of people who want to be popular influencers… shaping the opinions and purchases of their audience, largely through social media. Their impact is typically fad-driven and short-term with no accountability. What the world desperately needs are godly leaders… shaping the attitudes and behaviors of others, largely through personal interaction and positive…

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