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Spirituality and Fitness

Faith and fitness has been on my radar screen the past few days and now it has become a news story in the army. Recently a concern amongst atheists was raised with regard to a mandatory spiritual fitness test given to recruits. The point of the spiritual fitness test is to determine how well soldiers can handle not only the physical challenges before them but the psychological challenges as well. It was created to help curb a common result of combat, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Now I have always believed that the body and mind go together when it comes … Continue reading →

Using Faith in Fitness

I am very excited about next Monday as I will be posting a blog on a review I am doing for a book called “Made to Crave” written by Lysa TerKeurst, who is President of Proverbs 31 Ministries. Until then I wanted to give this little teaser. Lysa TerKeurst was recently a guest blogger on CNN’s Belief blogs called, “My Take: When the Fat Girl Got Mad at God.” I can’t recommend the blog enough. Lysa gets real about her struggle with food and how her faith has helped her to overcome unhealthy eating habits. The blog stirred some controversy. … Continue reading →

Fitness Musings: The Hero of The Story

We’ve talked about heroes here before and we’ve talked about heroes as role models, but I heard an interesting turn of phrase – most of us are the heroes of our own stories. What does that mean? It means that for most of us – we exist as individuals and we are the main character in our own personal stories. In as much, we are the heroes of those stories. Our past is our prologue and our present is the heart of the story. So what does this have to do with fitness? Fitness Begins Inside You can do all … Continue reading →

Fitness Musings: Why Do You Get Out of Bed in the Morning?

I got into an argument yesterday. I know I shouldn’t let myself get into these arguments, but occasionally someone says something to me that just makes my nerves twitch. I was talking to a friend who listed a whole host of reasons as to why she couldn’t exercise regularly. She was shoveling blame on to everything from daylight savings time to the fact that she can’t function without coffee in the morning. Life is Hard Life is hard. I know that. I have a difficult time with meeting all of my obligations on a day-to-day basis. We’ve had medical crisis, … Continue reading →

A Review of “Made to Crave” by Lysa TerKeurst

I was so excited about three weeks ago when I received in the mail two free copies of “Made to Crave” by Lysa TerKeurst, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries. I was eager to read the book and provide a review since Lysa TerKeurst also happens to be one of my favorite authors. Notice that I said “two” free books. Yes, one is to give away. To change things up a bit instead of giving the book to the first person who emails me, I am going to be giving it to the 5th person who emails me. Just drop me … Continue reading →

Get Rid of Two Money Drainers!

The new year is a great time to rid yourself of big money drainers in your life. No, I’m not talking about your relatives! That is the subject of a different blog all together. I am talking about some key things that you might have in your life; things that you don’t need; and things that are draining your money? What are they and how can you deal with them? Read this article for more information! There are plenty of things that can drain your money, but let’s focus on some big ones that can be easily resolved. Storage Fees … Continue reading →

The Day a Lump Entered My Marriage – Part II

In Part I I told about the day I found a lump in my breast. Here’s what happened after: All Alone Nothing looked brighter the next morning. Wayne was a mess, and at first this freaked me out more. I needed him to pull it together. I needed him to be strong to carry me through. Or so I thought. When I called the doctor that morning, she got me right in. Wayne could not get off work to come with me so I had to go alone. The doctor also freaked at the size of the lump and scheduled … Continue reading →