Thrive In 5: Understanding God’s Love

Dave Higle | April 10, 2018 | Blog Thriving Clergy Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5

  As Wesleyan pastors, we all know the scriptural truth that loving God and loving others is the central hallmark of the Christian spiritual life. But do we truly embrace this as the ultimate outcome of what it means to be Spirit-filled? As David Benner states,...

Thrive in Five – Spiritual – Bodily Spirituality: Five Reasons to Care

Dave Higle | May 27, 2017 | Thriving Clergy Thrive in 5

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.  Apostle Paul, 1 Cor. 6:19-20 Bodily Spirituality: Five Reasons to...

Thrive in 5 – Spiritual – Protecting the Spiritual Life of the Pastor

Dave Higle | May 27, 2017 | Thriving Clergy Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5

Sustaining Pastoral Excellence The most fundamental level of self-care is the pastor’s personal relationship with God in Christ through the Spirit. Everything in the pastor’s life flows from and is dependent upon the spiritual condition of the heart:...

Thrive in 5: Spiritual – Protecting the Spiritual Life of the Pastor

Dave Higle | May 25, 2017 | Thriving Clergy Education & Clergy Development Thrive in 5

Sustaining Pastoral Excellence The most fundamental level of self-care is the pastor’s personal relationship with God in Christ through the Spirit. Everything in the pastor’s life flows from and is dependent upon the spiritual condition of the heart:...