The Flavor of Character

The Savor of Character Character Formation The Flavor of Character Competence is light. It exposes. But light alone blinds a room, and the thing that makes truth bearable is not more light. It is salt. The Flourishing Journal It has been almost a month since I last wrote for The Flourishing Journal. I had planned to take a short summer break, but a health challenge extended that pause and forced me to slow down more than I expected. There is something clarifying about being forced to stop. You begin to notice your limits, the people around you, and the qualities that matter when productivity and competence temporarily recede. I found…

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The Good Life is a Sent Life

Why the Good Life Is a Sent Life — The Flourishing Journal The Flourishing Journal Missional Flourishing Why the Good Life Is a Sent Life We have learned to picture flourishing as something we gather and hold. The oldest blessing in Scripture, and the newest findings in wellbeing science, both say otherwise. By Victor Counted • The Flourishing Journal Missional theology has always confessed something strange about God: that God is a missionary God. We see this claim masterfully discussed in the seminal work of missiologist, David Bosch, in his book Transforming Mission. In other words, God the Father sends the Son. The Son sends the Spirit. The Spirit sends…

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