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 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
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
What Motivates You?
Goal setting…I feel like is a term that gets said a lot and can have a different meaning to different people. Some people get fired up with them, but a lot of the time I feel like they get the eye roll. Everybody gets motivated in different ways at different points of their lives. I’ve always been a SMART goal-setter… … Read More
Embrace the Grind
I have heard this phrase since I was young, used in all different circumstances but with the same message. Lean into the hard parts of life and enjoy the process of growing stronger because of it. My two oldest boys are in the middle of their first year of wrestling. If you have ever wrestled on a team or just … Read More
Weekly Pillar Post – 11/30
beFIT – Andrew Recovery is an often overlooked part of staying fit. When you work your body hard, it takes time to recover and build back stronger. As you age, it’s more important to focus on recovery to allow yourself to continue to perform well. I found this stretch routine recently and have been trying to do it a few … Read More
Weekly Pillar Post – 11/23
beFIT – Ryan I recently joined Matt and Andrew in creating my own home gym. It’s in my basement, so I’m guessing we’ll be spending a lot of time in it this winter. I bought a rack, bench, bars, and weight plates, but I felt like I was still missing some things – a pull-up bar and parallettes. So, I … Read More
Weekly Pillar Post – 11/16
beFIT – Mike We talk a lot at Core4Life about having a core group of people to keep you accountable, especially when it comes to health and fitness. We as a group have done some great competitions wrapped around that concept that we’ve discussed previously. However, we know that there could be circumstances that prevent that from happening in your … Read More
Weekly Pillar Post – 11/9
beFIT – Matt I was challenged by a friend this year to run a marathon. Unfortunately, like many races, it was cancelled but that did not stop us from preparing to run 26.2 and meeting up to run it together. It has been easy to make excuses this year. Not many would blame you for canceling your plans or throwing … Read More