By Jeanette Hill and Brad Bloom The Family Life Sports and Fitness Center at Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas is a good example of how a larger church can build a larger fitness ministry facility to serve members
By Greg Hansen I once heard the saying, “If one does as God does often enough, eventually one will be as God is”. Some would call that blasphemy. To me, it feels like something worth striving for – a goal
By Brian Keel, VP and CFO of Greater Toledo YMCA NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Conversations about the leadership of fitness facilities intentionally delivering a Christian-faith presences inevitably move quickly to questions based on popularized fears. How can diversity be maintained?
By Linda Geldermann I am an observer of sorts – not of all things, but some patterns intrigue me. I have been a mild acne sufferer most of my life. As a kid, I accepted this as a rite
By Tonya Larson, AFAA Certified Group Exercise and Step Instructor A lot of us enjoy working out in the privacy of our own homes or alone at the gym without a partner. However, there are some potential pitfalls facing the
By Ken Paul Mink As a small boy of twelve living in the Appalachian Mountain coalfields of Southeastern Kentucky in 1947 I did not have many opportunities to possess many material things in life. A bag of colored marbles and
By Stephen Simpson, Ph.D. A single man sits at the bench press, resting between sets. He’s wondering if he can do eight more repeats if he adds twenty more pounds. That’s all he cares about . . . until he
By Dale Fletcher, M.S. We all have stress in our lives. It can be in the form of inconveniences, chronic problems or major life issues and events. Stress can come from long lines at the store or from the demands
By Brad Bloom, Publisher What do you do for fun? This is the question I most often ask people. How would you answer? I may be at the gym or a restaurant, with a stranger or someone I know, during
By Brad Bloom I recently visited a spa at a clearly Christian destination. I asked the manager how they incorporate the Christian faith into any of their services or design. The response floored me, “We have open mindedness.” Say what?!
By Tanji Johnson Here I was, 2 weeks into the filming of NBC’s new American Gladiators. As one of the gladiators, I was competing on a structure called the pyramid and had just grabbed hold of a contestant who was
An interview with musician Brian Bates Fitness photos Copyright 2009 Travis Anderson. Used by permission. All other photos from Brian Bates website. With the release of his second album, World’s Collide, Minnesota-based musician Brian Bates delivers passionate songs that build
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