In my last post; I talked about the difference between “worldly” blessings that are all based around things that ultimately won’t have any impact on eternity, vs kingdom blessings – blessings that bring us and others closer to God. These kingdom blessings can often times be disguised at first as hardships and trials we are going through, but ultimately are … Read More
Jerrad Lopes – Tired Body vs. Weary Soul
Jerrad Lopes from Dad Tired joined us live at our recent men’s conference at Redemption Chapel. He has a wife and 4 kids, the newest being 7 weeks old. His podcast has been downloaded millions of times and has had an impact on innumerable husbands, fathers, and families. In Season 2, instead of a new bourbon every episode, our guests … Read More
Clear Mind – Step #2: Get Rid of Stuff
First off, I hope you feel well rested and ready to tackle the next Clear Mind objective. Let’s put that extra energy to good use. It is springtime which means many of you have been getting the itch to spring clean. About two weeks ago, spring cleaning hit my house. Room by room we sifted through the piles of junk … Read More
Season 1 Whiskey List
Season 1 of the Core4Life podcast was a blast and I don’t think any of us thought we were going to end up with 40 episodes! We got to talk with a ton of awesome guests and grew immensely through the process. Outside of all that learning, we always tried a new whiskey for each interview, and below is a … Read More
Fellowship
I had the opportunity to attend a men’s conference in our church this past weekend. Ax throwing, knocker balls, bonfires and most importantly teaching from the Bible. It has been several years since I attended something like this and it was long overdue. It was so refreshing to simply be with other people that are striving to grow in their … Read More
Season 1 Book Recommendations
One of our favorite questions to ask guests is what books do you recommend? Below is a summary of all the books that were mentioned and recommended by our guests over the past year. Enjoy! Christianity The Resurrection of the Son of God – N.T. Wright Act Like Men: 40 days to Biblical Manhood – James MacDonald Systematic Theology – … Read More
How-to: Build your own light poles
Our church, Redemption Chapel, has an outdoor men’s event coming up this week. I was tasked with running the knocker-ball station. If you haven’t seen knocker-balls before, here you go: Part of my task also involved getting some sort of lighting so that we can see who gets blasted to the moon in their knocker-ball deep into the night. The … Read More
Season 1 Finale
In this episode, we recap our first season as the Core4Life Podcast. It’s been a great year and there’s so much we’ve learned, so many cool people that we’ve met, and so much to be thankful for! Join us as we talk through all of those things. Podcast Transcription: Hows it going, everyone? Glad you could join us for another … Read More
#blessed
I think everyone can agree; this is a term that gets thrown around in many different ways in today’s culture. But what does it really mean when we use the phrase, “I’m blessed”? I’d say more often than not it’s related to some earthly treasure that has nothing to do with actually growing our relationship closer to Christ. Whether that … Read More
Drew Salyer – beDRIVEN with Drive Team
Drew is the owner of Drive Team, husband and father of three, former college athlete, and the man who did the most pull-ups this year in our fitness challenge. Bourbon: E.H. Taylor This is our first podcast in our new location in the upstairs of the Drive Team warehouse!Drew started working at Drive Team when he was in high school. He came … Read More