DEVOTIONALS

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: Transformation Reading: Romans 12:1-8   Renewal is a physical concept. It’s also a spiritual one. I’ve been doing CrossFit for more than five years. I have a local gym where I’ve done much of my training over these 60+ months. I also travel a great deal for work and have visited to at least 40 other CrossFit boxes since my CrossFit journey began. As a result, I have some good insights into what is quality coaching and what isn’t.   The good news for me: t

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 12/13) Reading: Colossians 3:1-14   Our gym doesn’t have air conditioning. Every summer, I’m...

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 5/13) Reading: 2 Timothy 3:10-17   In July of 2013, a few months into my new journey of faith,...

Spiritual Skill: Self-Control (wk. 13/13) Reading: Galatians 5:13-25     Freedom sounds like the ultimate goal — the ability to do what...

Spiritual Exercise: Mindfulness (wk. 6/13) Reading: Matthew 6:25-34   “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these...