When I truly stop and think about all that Jesus did for me, it really blows my mind. Fully knowing that I am a messed-up sinner and guilty of breaking his commandments in numerous ways every day, he still chose to lay down his life for me. When we talk about our beNOBLE and beDRIVEN pillars, there is no better … Read More
Jamie Borchik – Ministry through Athletes in Action
Whisky – Alberta Premium Cast Strength RyeJamie is the local team leader with Athletes in Action in the Chicago Area. His mission is to make it impossible for someone to come to Chicago to play a college sport and not meet Jesus along the way. We sit down with Jamie to learn more about his ministry and heart for reaching … Read More
Clear Mind – Introduction & Step #1
We live in an age of endless distraction and loss of focus. When I have a bad week, typically it is not because I did not work hard or apply myself to good things. The week was wasted because I was distracted and did not accomplish what I truly desired. I absolutely hate the feeling that I dropped the ball. … Read More
Teaching Responsibility with Pets
My kids have been asking for pets of their own for quite a while. We, well… I, have been a little reluctant to make that happen. My primary concern has always been that the pets will quickly lose their luster in the eyes of the kids and fall to my wife and me to take care of. It’s a legitimate … Read More
Why what we believe matters the most
I’ve been spending a lot of time recently thinking about my faith and how it affects everything I do (more so than I ever have before at least). I’m currently listening to a 5-part series from John Piper called, Why We Believe the Bible. John is a much smarter man than I, so bear with me as I write out … Read More
Quick Hits – Community
How do we build community? How do we have an impact within our community? These are the topics that we discuss on today’s Quick Hits with special guest, Michael Robertson. Michael is a long-time friend of ours and also one of our most consistent attendees for working out. We’ll be bringing you these shorter, one-topic Quick Hits episodes every other … Read More
Rest
I recently got a chance to take a quick trip with some buddies to do one of my favorite winter activities: Skiing. The trip was everything I was hoping it would be. Fun drive. Good food. Great runs. It was raining when we got there but soon stopped and we had the place to ourselves for a large portion of … Read More
Core4Life on The Triune Podcast
We have a special episode today. We’re re-airing our appearance on The Triune Podcast. We recently got the opportunity to appear on George’s podcast to talk in-depth about our Core 4 pillars, how our podcast and platform came to be, some of our favorite things, and… aliens. Yep, we went there. Give it a listen. We hope you’ll enjoy it!
Throwback Movies for Kids!
It’s raining outside for the 10th day in a row and the kid’s feet haven’t touched the ground in the past 10 hours. You finished cleaning up after dinner but there is still so much time before bedtime routines kick in. How will you (and your kids) survive the next 90 minutes? There is only one safe solution… MOVIE NIGHT! … Read More
Quick Hits – Losses
You win some, you lose some… but today, we talk about the losses. We got to sit down with our fantastic guest, Dave Pyper, again and he shared some great insight on how to handle loss. In this episode, we specifically talk about losses in sports, but then we get into how to apply those lessons to other areas of our … Read More