DEVOTIONALS

Spiritual Essential: Purpose Reading: 1 John 4:7-12   “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God… This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”  (1 John 4:7, 9)   In the CrossFit Level 2 course, one of the foundational pieces of effective coaching is demonstration . Before an athlete can move well, they need to see what “good” looks like. A coach doesn’t just explain the points of pe

Spiritual Essential: Purpose Reading: Proverbs 19:20-23   Traveler Needs a Job Our gym is dog friendly. In fact, it’s more than dog-friendly; on any given day, there’s at least one member’s dog clipped between barbells and rowers, greeting people like they’re old friends. Truth be told, while our CrossFit gym has great coaches and an incredible community, I’m convinced a surprising percentage of members joined because they could bring their dogs.   Odin, Echo, Lilly, Jack, Ap

Spiritual Essential: Purpose Reading: Isaiah 43:1-13   We’ve all heard the phrase,  “I want to be the best version of me.”  It sounds harmless and sometimes even motivating, but it misses something essential about what God desires. That idea assumes there is enough in me to shape myself into something better, more acceptable, or more worthy. And if you spend time in a gym, on a team, or in hustle culture, that idea shows up everywhere. Add five more pounds. Drop twenty. Push

Spiritual Essential: Purpose Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10   “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10)   In the gym, every rep counts. The sweat, the strain, the discipline — it’s all working toward something. Over time, the body starts to change. Definition takes shape. Strength increases. But the process doesn’t just happen by accident. It takes intention. It takes vision. Coaches call it

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 8/13) Reading: Revelation 7:13-8:1   Back in my corporate days, I had a work trip which took me...

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 6/13) Reading: Lamentations 3:22-30   I grew up in a household with three older brothers. If...