Ready for a sneak peek at the top 20 fitness trends for 2009? The American College of Sports Medicine survey predicts next year's trends. # 13 on the list is Wellness Coaching. Coaches support our clients in making behavior changes for better health and wellness. See this … [Read more...]
Spiritual Exercise – Weekly Faith and Health Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:7-8
Most of us can imagine what a typical physical workout might look like. We'd first stretch a little to warm up the muscles we would be using in the rest of our session. Then there would be some type of cardiovascular or aerobic workout - repeated, nonstop contractions of a major … [Read more...]
Weekly Faith and Health Scripture – 2 Cor 7:1 – Be Fit and Holy
"... let's make a clean break with everything that defiles or distracts us, both within and without. Let's make our entire lives fit and holy temples for the worship of God." This is from the Message translation of this week's scripture. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, … [Read more...]
A “Gospel of Fitness”
"We now have a critical mass available in which to generate a Gospel of Fitness with the best insights from all the helping professions." "The Gospel of Fitness is not a replacement for the traditional Gospel of the Newer Testament. Nor is it yet a formal theology. It has … [Read more...]
Weekly Faith and Health Scripture: Colossians 2:20-23 – Rules and Dieting
Many people follow a strict diet to try to lose weight. Most of the time this doesn't work for them and it's not surprising because according to this scripture, this strategy goes against God's design for us. Colossians 2:20-23 says "Since you died with Christ to the basic … [Read more...]
