Why Does Flourish San Diego Exist?
Why does Flourish San Diego exist? What do we hope to accomplish? In this post, I simply want to lay out as clearly as I can why we do what we do. It’s All Because of Jesus Before I say anything else about Flourish San Diego, I have to begin by saying that...
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A Dash of Hope with Dinner
Mixing random ingredients from the cupboard was a favorite activity for my son Matt at age six. He’d whip up concoctions of sugar, spices, and liquids and stick them in the oven, eagerly awaiting the outcome of his experiment. As a very efficient and tidy mom swooping...
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How Do Churches Change?
How does change happen? How do organizations and institutions change? How do churches change? The world has changed dramatically—and churches have noticed! There’s no getting around it. The way we’ve done ministry in the past—strategic planning leading to lots of...
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The Praxis Course – Redemptive Entrepreneurship with Flourish San Diego
Are you an entrepreneur or professional, the sort of person that loves taking on a new challenge and delights in competing in new markets? Do you exhibit an uncommon level of risk tolerance to bring an idea to fruition? Whether you call yourself an entrepreneur, a...
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We’re Hiring: Communications Specialist
Join our team We're hiring a Communications Specialist... Are you a creative person who also knows their way around our digital world? Do you love using software to create pretty things? Do you get a rush when you see tons of engagement on your social media posts? Is...
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Thingification
I love the church I’ve heard it said that the church is the hope of the world—and I agree! The church is the Body of Christ and the Light of the World. I firmly believe that it is through the church – God's people – that He will bring healing and redemption to the...
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Really Listening Really Matters
I’m going to start this post off with a bad joke... Ready? My wife yelled at me today saying, “You weren’t even listening just now, were you?” I thought to myself, “Man, what a weird way to start a conversation…” For some people, listening is hard, isn’t it? We get...
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Lessons From The Ski Slopes
What if Mikaela Shiffrin never learned to fall? I hold my breath while she hurls herself out of the starting gate, dropping precariously into wind gusts, facing 50 technical turns ahead on a 1,000-foot vertical drop. She makes it look effortless. We know it’s not. ...
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A Way Which is Full of Promise
Like many of you, I turned on the news this past week and saw the reports… Another school shooting. This time in Parkdale, Florida. I couldn’t bear to watch for more than a minute… Another tragedy. More death. More shattered lives. It’s times like these that our...
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