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
Easter Thoughts
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