DEVOTIONALS

Spiritual Essential: Suffering Reading: Romans 8:18-25 “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18) Over the years I’ve been coaching, I’ve noticed a habit many of my athletes developed. Actually, it’s more of an obsession. An obsession with data. I sort of want to blame Whoop and all the other wearable, sharable, parable companies out there. Because these little devices can become demonic. Now

Spiritual Essential: Suffering Reading: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 “For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.” (2 Corinthians 1:5) On an ordinary day in the gym warming up for a deadlift session, I felt something I never had before – a pop in my left low back. Immediately after, a wave of pain began radiating from where I felt the pop all the way down my left leg. It was intense pain. The kind that makes you want to

Spiritual Essential: Suffering Reading: Philippians 3:7-11 “I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings.” (Philippians 3:10) At the end of every season in any professional sport, a new season starts. The season of moves. Trades. Waivers. Free agency. Firings. Retirements. Every ending creates movement. And while you may look at those moves and not think much of them, if you’ve ever been part of a community and the

Spiritual Essential: Suffering Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 “These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold… may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” (1 Peter 1:6-7) You ever had a heavy barbell slip out of your hand? I have. Sometimes, it’s on us. Like when you loosen your grip to avoid the pressure on the callouses. Or when you neglect to wrap your thumbs. But then there are times when it’s not on us. It’

Spiritual Skill: Humanity (wk. 3/13) Reading: Galatians 6:1-10 If you’ve ever done a partner workout, especially something like a heavy...

Spiritual Concept: Heaven (wk. 5/13) Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Every athlete knows the feeling of raw hands after a high-volume...