The Goal of Spiritual Fitness Most churches have done an excellent job of describing the kind of the church they want to be: open, inviting, relaxed, contemporary, grace-filled, seeker-sensitive, diverse, and kid-friendly. But how many churches have taken the time to describe the kind of disciples they hope to form? CrossFit is not so much […]

The Goal of Physical Fitness One Sunday morning, my nine year old son and I were sitting in the large auditorium of a church building where I was about to speak. As he looked up at the impressive architecture he asked, “What would you do if all of this stuff starting falling down on us?” […]

I saw Mark almost everyday at Starbucks. We sat across from each other in the comfy blue chairs in the corner of the store. We worked on our laptops, cracked jokes, and asked each other ponderous questions. Once a week I’d ask him how much weight he had lost. Each week the number would change: […]

Read Part One God’s foolproof marketing campaign for getting the word out about his plan for the world is to give every believer a head-turning set of “before” and “after” photos from their lives. This is the greatest argument a follower of Jesus can make for the validity of the gospel. This is who I […]