A Safe Friend: Find One

Photo by Melissa Askew on Unsplash I can’t overstate the gift that friends have been in my life. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate or value friendships in the past it’s just more of me coming to an understanding deep in my soul that I would not/will not make it without friends. Read that sentence again. I mean…

Mike Schoonover on boxing and 4 truths for your life.

Photo by Attentie Attentie on Unsplash TAKE A 9-COUNT Boxers train. A lot. We’ve all seen the movies. Movies of the underdog boxer incessantly training with motivational 80’s rock music playing in the background. The boxer who runs through the streets of his town in the rain and snow, morning, noon, and night. The sweat covered boxer doing…

You need friends. You need rest.

I just finished Christopher Ash’s book Zeal Without Burnout. Ash’s book has some heavy truths that were deeply encouraging and challenging. I wholeheartedly recommend his book. I hope you’ll pick it up and read it. You can purchase the book here but for a brief summary of the book by my good friend Jonathon Woodyard go here. Enjoy!

Thankful for my time with these guys!

Several weeks ago 9 of us from Foothills Church (where I serve as a Pastor) got away for 4 days to attend the Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, Kentucky. It was refreshing and rejuvenating. To be transparent, I needed some time away. I don’t think it’s a good mindset to “live for the weekend” but I was…