THRIVE: What Are You Growing Toward?

A Minister’s Message from Rev. Mark Taylor, Minister of Faith Development
405.341.3544 mtaylor@fccedmond.org

Summer brings with it a different kind of rhythm. Some days stretch wide with possibility. Others are packed with the logistics of travel, childcare, and work reshuffled into unfamiliar patterns. Whether life feels full or fairly settled, this season offers space to reflect on one simple, sacred question: What are you growing toward?

Our summer series, THRIVE, is built around that question—not just how we’re coping or surviving, but where our roots are reaching. In a world measuring success by speed and scale, we're invited to nurture something deeper: lives rooted in purpose, connected in community, and sustained by rhythms that lead to genuine flourishing.

The Thrive Center, who offers insights & tools for thriving and cultivating vibrant spiritual health, outlines six key dimensions that nurture spiritual well-being. These include encountering the sacred, cultivating consistent spiritual practices, nurturing meaningful relationships, understanding oneself as beloved, pursuing a sense of purpose, and embodying virtues that shape our character.

These six elements form the acronym THRIVE:

• Transcendence & Spirituality

• Habits & Rhythms

• Relationships & Community

• Identity & Narrative

• Vocation & Purpose

•  Ethics & Virtues

Each week we’re exploring a different dimension of spiritual thriving and practice rhythms that help us grow in love and compassion—for ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and the common good.

We weren’t made just to survive. We were made to thrive—fully, faithfully, together. Join us this summer as we grow in the direction of what matters most.