Michael Blue |
March 31, 2020 |
Blog Thrive in 5
Truth in Troubling Financial Times This past month has been one of the most turbulent months in the history of the financial markets. From a new record high in the S&P 500 on February 19th to a nearly 35% plunge just one month later, this past month has created a...
Russ Gunsalus |
March 24, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development The Church & COVID-19 Thrive in 5
This image has been in the news recently, and it has gripped me. Thirty years ago, Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee was stolen from Boston’s Gardner Museum in the largest art heist in U.S. history. But today, what I find most interesting is the peaceful...
Dr. Toddy Holeman |
March 17, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Honor Each Other’s Life Dreams In strong and vibrant marriages, mates honor one another’s life dreams. Life dreams are much more than personal whims. Life dreams go to the core of your being and reflect an essential part of who God created you to be....
David B. Lewis |
February 18, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
The Peloton Bike Commercial & A Fitness Focus Over the Christmas holidays social media buzzed with criticism over a Peloton Bike commercial. The commercial portrays the excitement of a woman who receives a Peloton Bike as a Christmas present from her husband....
Jessica White |
February 7, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Driven by a passion to teach visual literacy to his students and his own desire to be a lifelong learner, John Rhett has discovered his calling through his position as an art professor at Houghton College. Rhett has always been interested in art, but never imagined he...
Dr. Eric Hallett |
February 4, 2020 |
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Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter We live and serve in an “information” age so how are we doing as ministry leaders in processing the news presented in popular culture? A new term has emerged in recent years called “Fake News.” The Cambridge Dictionary offers...
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
January 21, 2020 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5 Thriving Clergy
Emotional Rule of Life You may have heard of a Rule of Life, but have you ever considered creating an Emotional Rule of Life in 2020? Your typical Rule of Life represents spiritual growth commitments that you make after a...
Michael Blue |
January 8, 2020 |
Blog Thrive in 5
Financial Convictions in the Five Uses of Money New years are full of new convictions. Whether it is eating better, working out more or spending more time with God, most people think about doing things “better” than they did the year before. Money is an area in which...
Jessica White |
December 19, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
“Everything you do or don’t do; everything you say or don’t say sends a message–so make sure all you do or say reorients people toward Christ and not toward the world.” “I want everything that I do or say from the stage to reorient people toward Christ,” he...
Gabriela Akpaca |
December 19, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Three years ago, Cory Doiron moved with his wife and baby boy from Rapid Springs, South Dakota, to Portland, Oregon. Unlike many vocational moves that pastors make, this move was signing Doiron and his family up for a lifelong term, not at a certain church building or...
Dr. Toddy Holeman |
December 18, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management Relational conflict is an inevitable result of family life, including clergy families, but it can have positive effects in our relationships — provided it is managed well. Wise conflict management creates relationship...
Gabriela Akpaca |
December 17, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Rev. Dan Jones shares his experience with church transitions If Rev. Dan Jones has learned one thing in 17 years of ministry, it is how to live within tension. Tension – between visions, theological views and practices – seems to come with the pastoral vocation,...
Gabriela Akpaca |
December 13, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
It started with a 7-by-4-foot wooden table with bench seats placed in the middle of a neighborhood in Benton Harbor, Michigan, by an ordained pastor who worked at an outdoor gear shop. On summer days, girls and boys filled the benches to eat grilled hot dogs and...
Linda Gist |
December 9, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Thrive in 5 – Spiritual Do you cringe when you think of the term spiritual disciplines? Does it evoke a sense of guilt or failure when you consider that you are a pastor? The good news is that defeat is not what God intended for us. Gaining a new vision of what...
Dr. Eric Hallett |
November 14, 2019 |
Blog Thrive in 5
Thrive in 5 is pleased to welcome Dr. Eric Hallett as the contributor to the Intellectual/Leadership domain. Dr. Hallett serves as the new district superintendent of the Central Canada District of The Wesleyan Church after many years of faithful and effective service...
Dr. Virginia Holeman |
October 24, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5 Thriving Clergy
With the holidays just around the corner, pastors enter one of their busiest seasons with the possible exception of Holy Week. From All Saints Day through to the inauguration of a New Year, pastors take up seasonal demands at a time...
Gabriela Garver |
October 21, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
It’s a Tuesday evening in September. Eric and Erin Crisp have carved out a few hours of spare time amid the busyness of two careers and parenting three high school boys to take a moment for themselves. What do they choose to spend it on? A lecture on spirituality. “In...
Kristia Wickstrom |
October 11, 2019 |
Pastor Spouse Connection
Some people like to unwind and relax by watching birds. Ever since I was a young child, I have had a very real fear of birds, Ornithophobia. This stems from numerous events including everything from an unfortunate incident on a family vacation (I thought rain was...
Michael Blue |
October 8, 2019 |
Blog Thrive in 5
Education & Clergy Development welcomes Michael Blue as the new contributor to the financial domain of clergy care for Thrive in 5. Michael serves as the executive director and general counsel for The Ron Blue Institute for Financial Planning. The Ron Blue...
Dr. Toddy Holeman |
September 25, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
How many times in your intimate relationships have your best problem-solving skills failed? Your problem may not be poor implementation as much as it might be implementing the wrong strategy for managing certain types of conflicts. Relationship experts Drs....
Jessica White |
September 17, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development
Dean of Houghton College Online purposes to create opportunities for more students to experience Houghton Houghton College’s residential campus in upstate New York is a close-knit environment where students experience transformative learning in classrooms and in...
Gabriela Garver |
September 13, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Pastor Spouse Connection Thriving Clergy
Kiley Skor, a pastor as well as pastor’s spouse, tells the story of how she stepped into her calling Kiley Skor once considered herself “a great second and the world’s most overqualified volunteer.” As a pastor’s wife with a love for worship ministry, she thought she...
Jordan Loman |
September 12, 2019 |
Pastor Spouse Connection
In the Midst of church planting – Next week will celebrate 2 years as a church plant. The last two years feel like they have made up most of our lives. There is a small piece of me that realizes the comical truth in that statement, being that we are very young,...
Linda Gist |
September 10, 2019 |
Blog Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5
Thrive in 5 – Spiritual Dallas Willard’s writings are among the most significant in recent years for helping us learn about the transformational process of becoming more like Christ. As pastors who are leading others, we need to be intentional about engaging the...
