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Iron Leaders, Here are some resources I have found helpful in strengthening my mind and causing me to grow. I hope they are helpful for you as well. 1. The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter “We are living progressively sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged, safety-netted lives.” Easter takes you on his journey into the Alaskan wilderness and explains how we must become comfortable with discomfort in order to grow. 2. The Place We Find Ourselves podcast by Adam Young Recently,…
IL 10/20/23: Know Your Doctrine & Practice Your Devotion
(Audio Transcription Below) One month has already passed us by. Instead of 10 months, you now have nine months to train for the 2024 Summer Olympics. You are all going to watch at some point: track and field, basketball, rowing, swimming. Right now, the athletes who plan to compete in those games are on a training schedule which will land them in the best shape of their lives so they can compete for a gold medal. Challenge Yourself: What two…
IL 10/6/23: Renew Your Mind
(Audio Transcription Below) July 2024 is the Summer Olympics. You are all going to watch some part – track and field, basketball, rowing, swimming. Right now, the athletes who plan to compete in these games are on a training schedule which will land them in the best shape of their lives so they can compete for a gold medal. The Olympics start on July 26, last time we met it was 10 months away, today it’s 9 1/2 months away….
IL 9/22/23: Embrace Your Purpose
(Audio Transcription Below) July 2024 is the Summer Olympics. You are all going to watch some part: track and field, basketball, rowing, swimming. Right now, the athletes who plan to compete in these games are on a training schedule which will land them in the best shape of their lives so they can compete for a gold medal. Challenge Yourself: Ten months from now, what two or three events do you want to be in peak shape for? Accountability: Write…
Actual vs. Aspirational
This year’s theme for Iron Leadership is: Run to Win. This phrase is lifted out of Paul’s exhortation to the people of Corinth in regard to their pursuit of an eternal reward. Paul urges the believers in Corinth to “make every effort.” I am sure Paul meant actual effort rather than aspirational effort. It’s easy to dream, but harder to do. Sometimes what makes our actual efforts more difficult is thinking we have to get everything done at once or…
IL 9/8/23: Run to Win
(Audio Transcription Below) What grade would you give yourself as the “keeper of your soul”? How does someone keep their soul? The question that we’ll try to answer this year is how to keep your soul. The answer to that question, I would suggest, is training. It’s not easy to figure out, but it’s something you can do. We will use the book Run to Win: The Lifelong Pursuits of a Godly Man to help us. The Summer Olympics will take…