In preparation for participation in this conversation, Pual suggested you might like to follow one of the following links to have an idea of what is meant by ‘human flourishing’, so that we can all speak from our own experience of any practices that have helped enable us to flourish.
Either – from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, browse and watch the information on “Building the Field of Human Flourishing” at
https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/our-priorities/launch/building-field-human-flourishing/what-is-human-flourishing
Or – to download and read “Human Flourishing, an introductory framework” at
Paul Overend spent most of his thirty years as an Anglican priest working in theological education. While a university chaplain at Cardiff, he was editor of Sea of Faith magazine (issues 52-67). After gaining a doctorate in philosophy (on Levinas’ ethics), he taught philosophy and ethics at Liverpool Hope University before working in the Diocese of Salisbury as Principal of its Local Ordained Ministry scheme, at the ecumenical Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme, and later in the Norwich Diocese as director of lay ministry education, before finally spending a few years as Canon Chancellor of Lincoln with oversight of learning. He left ministry and the church in 2023.