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Title: Perspective on Human Flourishing


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Perspective on Human Flourishing
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Human Flourishing
  • Before the Fall--human flourishing in the garden
  • After the Fall--sin impacts human flourishing
  • Distortions of the meaning of flourishing
  • Distortions of the perception of flourishing
    (Psalm 73)
  • Loss of connection with our Source of flourishing

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Human Flourishing (cont.)
  • The Redemption and human flourishing
  • We of all people must be agents of hope for our
    worldwe have reconnected with the Source of
    human flourishing
  • And he has committed to us the ministry of
    reconciliation 2 Corinthians 518
  • Flourishing now involves both creation and
    redemption, both healing of our structures and
    disciplines and offering hope

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Who Flourishes?
  • All people are image bearers of God
  • The common grace of God leads many to offer
    insight into flourishing
  • Consider the example of Csikszenthihalyi

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Psychological Research
  • Literature review by Nakamura and
    Csikszenthihalyi
  • the fullness of a persons participation in the
    world has been granted central importance in the
    study of Flow.
  • Source David Mashburn

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  • Czikszentmihalyi summarizes his work by saying
  • Contrary to what we believe, the best moments
    of our lives are not the passive, receptive,
    relaxing times- although such experiences can
    also be enjoyable, if we work hard to attain
    them. The best moments usually occur when a
    persons mind is stretched to its limits in a
    voluntary effort to accomplish something
    difficult and worthwhile.

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  • Findings suggest that apathy of many people
    around us is not due to their being physically or
    mentally exhausted. The problems seem to lie more
    in modern workers relation to his job, with the
    way he perceives his goals in relation to it.
    Workers flourish best when they have a sense of
    calling. (C)

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The Mandate for Christians
  • Offer hope to the world
  • Identify ways our work can bring hope to others,
    including ourselves
  • Concern sometimes we model despair that fails to
    demonstrate the Kingdom of God. This is a
    natural tendency
  • When confronted with a new situation, humans
    tend to see loss before they see opportunity.
  • Leadership on the Line
  • Linsky and Heifitz

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Engineering
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The Arts
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Business
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  • Shalom represents the world as it was meant to
    be. It is the content of the Kingdom of God. It
    provides the conditions necessary for all of
    creation to flourish. When shalom is present,
    truth, beauty, justice, plenty, and the good
    flourish and bring life.

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  • These dimensions of creation will only fully
    flourish at the end of time, at the full
    restoration of all things, at the coming of the
    city of God to the New Earth. Our calling is to
    live in the light of this alternative vision of
    the future rather than submitting to the dominant
    ideologies of the present.
  • Don Flow
  • Engaging the World
  • Vocation, Eschatology, and Shalom

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  • Don Flow example

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The Challenge
  • How do we redefine human flourishing from Gods
    perspective?
  • How do we apply this to our disciplines?
  • How do we use this to offer hope and model the
    Kingdom of God to our world?
  • Internally in our work by creating a flourishing
    environment for our employees
  • External to the world by offering services that
    address real needs in the world
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