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Fuller Theological Seminary is pleased to share that its Thrive Center for Human Development has been awarded a one-year grant of more than a quarter of a million dollars for the center’s With & For podcast series. The grant of $258,699 is from the John Templeton Foundation. The Thrive Center was among a select group of 125 invited by the Foundation to present a full grant proposal. Initially, 3,109 grant applications from 120 countries were submitted to the Foundation seeking more than $2.3 billion in funding. The Thrive Center funding will be used to produce a 14-episode season of the With &…

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The spiritual practice of engaging silence might actually change your life. Guest blogger, Laura Murray, explains how.

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“Beholding is a countercultural act—it requires us to stop, to receive, and to fully see.” — Makoto Fujimura “Slow art is an invitation to linger, to notice, and to let the world unfold before us.” — Makoto Fujimura You are a beautiful masterpiece. But the practice of living artfully comes slowly, often through brokenness, weakness, or failure. Contemporary artist Makoto Fujimura integrates traditional Japanese styles with abstract expressionism and Christian theology, to explore the beauty that can emerge from the ashes pain and suffering. Both his art and his writing call us to behold the gift of creation, participate in...

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Parenting brings unique forms of suffering. How does accepting that we suffer help us?

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“Spirituality is like nuclear fission—it has the power to illuminate and energize but also to destroy when mishandled.” — Dan Koch “Thriving isn’t about a perfect life; it’s about alignment between our deepest values and our lived reality.” — Dan Koch On our path to spiritual health, we need to keep our eyes open to the ways religion and spirituality have been exploited to coerce, control, and create chaos. Focusing on the intersection of religion and psychology, licensed therapist, researcher, and podcaster Dan Koch is creating a public conversation about spiritual harm and abuse, helping victims learn how to deal...

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Spiritual awareness is engaging in experiences and responding to God, nature, or universal spirit, or what psychologists identify as our source of transcendence.

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Physical, mental and spiritual health are interconnected as part of holistic health, with each facet influencing the health of the others.

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We need a recovery of the sacred in our secular world. Because the mental, emotional, and psychological struggles haunting society right now can’t be solved without addressing meaning, purpose, and the longing for connection to something beyond ourselves. In other words, spiritual health is an essential part of mental health. An attorney, religious scholar, and university chaplain, Dr. Varun Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, and is leading us back to our true north, through spacious and life-giving spiritual conversations and sacred practices that realign us to our values and identity. In this conversation...

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We are delighted to announce that Dr. Pam King and three Thrive Fellows will be actively participating in the 2025 CAPS International Conference, “Climbing to New Heights: Growth and Transformation in the Integrated Professional.” This esteemed event is scheduled from March 20-22, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. King will deliver a presentation titled “Spiritual Health for Thriving With & For Others,” sharing her insights on fostering spiritual well-being in communal settings.​…

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Dr. Pam King presented “Becoming Whole Through Spiritual Health,” at the 21st Annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture, hosted by Brigham Young University. She addressed the vital issue of spiritual well-being amidst contemporary challenges like mental health and social disconnection. Attendees gained valuable insights into spiritual health, wholeness, and thriving in our modern world through her insightful lecture. Read more about this lecture in the article – Pamela King Speaks on Human Flourishing Gained by Religiosity at 21st Annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture by Lvette Galvez.

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When we experience something or someone as beautiful, it creates a cascade of positive emotions and thoughts. Here's why you should seek beauty in your life.

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Emotional health is deeply intertwined in an ongoing journey with spiritual health. This involves opening to our pain, grieving our trauma, and patiently cultivating a resilience that stabilizes and secures our relationships and our sense of self. With compassion, pastoral presence, and emotional attunement, psychologist Dr. David Wang is using psychological and theological tools to help us understand and adapt to emotional realities, explore the wounds of our past, and find healing and strength through acceptance and grief. In this conversation with David Wang, we discuss: – The difference between human development and spiritual formation and how to understand maturity...