I have good news.... the big day finally arrived! After 18 months and numerous delays, the brand-new state of the art Meadows Fitness Center is now open!
It is such a beautiful place too. Everyone who has seen it has been stunned by how much of an upgrade it is from the old building. I encourage you to come and check it out sometime!
Today though I want to encourage you with a fun "God...
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. When I was a (rather chubby) kid, it was mostly because of the food. As I got older though, I also came to appreciate the value of intentionally expressing gratitude.
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This year, my love for Thanksgiving is at an all-time high, because this is my first Thanksgiving since I went...
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...It's been an interesting time in the office lately. As you may know, after I became a fuller time missionary last year, I subsequently went to part time hours in the practice and stopped taking on new clients. For nearly a year I gave all our referrals to my partner Aaron, but over the summer some serious family problems forced him to move back to Indiana. Since he has left, we continue to get referrals, so as of a few months ago I...
If you've been following my stuff for a while, it should come as no surprise to you that I am a very healthy skeptic of Big Pharma. After peeking behind the curtain during my teenage chemotherapy days, seeing my best friend's life get ruined by prescription opioids in college, and after hearing from doctor after doctor since then that the stuff they push is often dangerous and ineffective- I have developed a "guilty until proven innocent" attitude towards ALL pharma companies and towards...
Storms are all around us. Sometimes they are literal and sometimes they are figurative. Either way they can be scary and often tragic. How do we handle these storms and not lose faith and hope in God? The Bible has much to say about this, but I will just share a few highlights. I'd also encourage you to look up the verses that I didn't write in full.
What a week it has been. On Saturday 9/24, Sofiya and I flew out for a 2-day ministry trip to Philadelphia and New York City. Prior to leaving, almost nobody here seemed to be thinking about having to deal with the hurricane. When we came back on Monday morning though, it was on everyone's minds. What happened was shocking.
In the nearly 29 years that I've lived in Florida, I've not seen a storm hit our region as badly...
Remember when you were growing up- how it was so normal to spend a good portion of your life moving, playing and being active? Well, it probably won't surprise you to find out that statistically, that is NOT the norm for kids these days. In fact, according to research sourced by the CDC in 2019, less than one quarter of children ages 6-17 get at least an hour of physical activity per day. Also, according to research recently published in The Journal of the...
In 2016, the CDC estimated that upwards of 50,000,000 people in America are living in chronic pain. As you may already know from personal experience, chronic pain can put a strain on us- physically, mentally, socially and financially. If it gets if bad enough, it can even alter the course of our life.
Most people in chronic pain eventually begin to take various over the counter anti-inflammatory drugs hoping to get relief. If the problem gets really bad, they may...
These days, I'm willing to bet that if you ask just about anyone in America over 12 years old- "do you believe that exercise is good for you?"- they'd probably say- "yes."
Many people even understand some of the specific benefits of exercise, such as- better muscle, bone and joint health, reduced bodyfat, better heart, lung and brain function, better energy and mood, less pain, and a greater ability to be mobile and active.
Now, thanks to...