by Aaron Syvertsen | Feb 20, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Christian Living, Contentment, Daily Life, Discipleship
This weekend marks the beginning of “The Open” in the Crossfit world, an annual competition where gyms across every continent do the same five workouts over five weeks and athletes log their scores online to see where they stack up amongst hundreds of thousands of...
by Mary Capalbo | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Daily Life, Discipleship, Holiday, Relationships, Sound Doctrine
Are there some people on your Christmas gift list that have just stumped you year after year? You want so badly to give them something meaningful, but have no idea where to start when it comes to picking out a gift for this person. Or, have you been hit with the,...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Oct 24, 2018 | Blog, Contentment, Discipleship, Gospel
This past Monday night, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of college athletes within the Athlete Intervaristy group of my alma mater, TCNJ, on the topic “How to Find and Praise God in Defeat”. My guess is if they all knew the topic I was assigned ahead of...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Discipleship, Encouragement, Holiness, Obedience, Perseverance
There’s no shortage of cleverly worded phrases that are spoken often amongst the people of God that are meant to encourage, exhort, and equip. This isn’t a problem in and of itself, of course, but it starts to become dangerous when phrases that are not in the...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog, Community, Discipleship
I write this blog post with a bit of hesitation for several reasons, one of which being that it easily fits into the stereotypical crossfit narrative that the number one rule of crossfit is to always talk about crossfit. I get it, it’s a warranted stereotype for the...
by Andy Steen | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog, Discipleship, Encouragement
Watching my daughter in ballet class is always a delight. Her teacher often instructs by demonstrating each move in its proper form. The young girls then follow her across the dance floor, imitating as best they can. Their progress is dependent on how closely they...
