Hello. Welcome to Flourishing. Flourishing is Jeff Gissing’s blog designed to interact around stuff related to the theme of Following Christ 08 (FC08), a conference for graduate students, faculty, and professionals that will be held in December 08 in downtown Chicago.

Click on the FC08 link to find about more on the specifics of the conference (such as dates, speakers, etc.).

We’re talking about human flourishing at this years conference. If you’re like me you’re thinking, “Wow! That’s a pretty big topic.” You’re right. And its for this reason that I started this online community: we want to plumb the depths of this topic and generate conversations about the topic, the conference, and all manner of things! So … Welcome!