DEVOTIONALS

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 Exercise: Solitude (wk. 9/13) Reading: Judges 6:1-16   Every athlete has a beginning. The first time they walk into a gym, they...

Spiritual Exercise: Solitude (wk. 7/13) Reading: Genesis 32:22-32   As a 14-year-old kid I competed in middle school wrestling in the...

Spiritual Exercise: Solitude (wk. 6/13) Reading: 1 Kings 19:1-18   The great deception of fitness is that while we appear to be improving...