One of the challenges facing Christians in North America is that we have to go out of our way to suffer for our beliefs. Our neighbors are more likely to ignore us than persecute us because we follow Jesus. The closest most of us come to shared suffering is when we endure a boring sermon […]
Archives for September 2011
We Suffer Together
I’ve seen CrossFit create a beautiful kind of community that spans the gaps created by age, race, and body type. Because CrossFit is scaleable, people with radically different levels of fitness work out side by side. We may all lift different weights, jump on boxes of different heights, and run at our own pace, but […]
September 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
CrossFit is Too Hard to Do Alone
Just in case I haven’t made this point clearly enough. CrossFit is hard. Really hard. Not hard as in “impossible” or “perpetually discouraging,” but hard enough that you have to brace yourself every time you walk into the gym. CrossFit hurts. We sometimes spend the first five minutes after a workout flat on our backs […]
September 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons