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Michele Pasley
Full Time Faculty, College of Theology
Michele Pasley is an online full-time faculty member in the College of Theology at GCU.  She has earned degrees in theology/biblical studies and communications. Michele has also served in church ministry as a pastor, director of spiritual formation, and worship arts director. She is passionate about helping people connect with Jesus and grow through the spiritual formation process.
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Madame Jeanne Guyon: A Life Transformed Through Prayer| GCU Blog

Interested in learning more about your faith and who Madame Jeanne Guyon was? Read this Theology Thursday blog and find out.

Posted on August 31, 2023
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Theology Thursday: Madame Jeanne Guyon, A Life Transformed Through Prayer

Imprisoned and living in solitary confinement inside the infamous Bastille prison, Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717), wrote that she passed her time there in great peace and was content to pass the rest...
Posted on August 31, 2023

Theology Thursday: Apprenticed to Jesus

There is a running joke in my church congregation that I cannot preach a sermon without quoting both Jesus and Dr. Dallas Willard. A couple of years ago I joked that I could die happy because a youth...
Posted on June 29, 2023

Theology Thursday: Reflecting God's Goodness in All You Do

“God is good all the time,” and …. “All the time God is good.” On any given Sunday, this call-and-response refrain can be heard echoing within the walls of churches around the globe. While this simple...
Posted on January 12, 2023

Theology Thursday: Purpose Leads to Influence

The Necessity of Purpose I worked my way through seminary by managing an office for a family practice physician. I learned a lot about health care, and even more about people. During those years I...
Posted on October 06, 2022

Theology Thursday: Counter-Cultural Spiritual Disciplines of Service and Secrecy

Service can be an unpopular idea in today’s culture where people are bombarded with slogans telling them to “go big or go home,” “get their game on,” “level up,” and remember that the “winner takes...
Posted on June 30, 2022

Spiritual Wellness Week: Improving Spiritual Health

The writer of the Old Testament book of Proverbs advises that guarding your heart, attending to your own spiritual health and formation, is of primary importance because everything you do flows from...
Posted on April 07, 2022

Theology Thursday: Flourishing When Life is Hard

People often assume that to flourish, their life must feel good. However, life is full of successes and failures and it does not always feel good. To flourish is to create or embrace an environment...
Posted on November 04, 2021

Theology Thursday: Life is Better Together

In Jesus’ brilliant Sermon on the Mount, he used a method of teaching in which he pointed out the way things were, or the way people had been taught, and then he upped the ante by pointing out the way...
Posted on May 13, 2021

Theology Thursday: Just a Little Respect…

These are unsettling times. Between political turmoil, racial unrest and other current events, most people are feeling overwhelmed, confused or anxious to some degree. In response, some people choose...
Posted on February 04, 2021
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