Category Archives: Wellness Challenge

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.2 Timothy 4:7 Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive aContinue reading “PraXis Challenge Week: Bonus Round 2 – The Race is Run”

Peace be with you! It’s an exciting time here at the PraXis Challenge as we wrap up before the holidays. Here is what is going on this week. Group 2, folks connected with Brookside Church, have two more weeks. Group 1, you are done with the Challenge! Alleliuah-High-Five! This Wednesday, we will meet at BrooksideContinue reading “PraXis Week: Bonus Round 1”

DOWNLOAD THE 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HERE WORK OUT OF THE PEOPLE Breast Plate of St. Patrick Intro, reflect on the theme, offer a prayer or intention. – 5 minutes “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.” [Psalm 104:1] InContinue reading “PraXis Week 8: Transfiguration”

DOWNLOAD 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HERE Breast Plate of St. Patrick Introduction Be prepared to make a very short statement about Who (or What) Christ is to you– 5 minutes It is said that ancient people, especially mystics like Paul, did not distinguish between external conditions and internal ones. The self was a porousContinue reading “PaXis Week 7: (In)Christ”

DOWNLOAD 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HERE WORKOUT OF THE PEOPLE Epiclesis to the Holy Spirit Introduction Intro, reflect on the theme, offer a prayer or intention. – 5 minutes “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the willContinue reading “PraXis Week 6: The “Mind””

DOWNLOAD 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HEREWORKOUT OF THE PEOPLE Epiclesis to the Holy Spirit Introduction Intro, reflect on the theme, offer a prayer or intention. – 5 minutes What is visible of God is light: the power and purity that radiates from God’s presence. In the Greek version of the Old Testament that PaulContinue reading “PraXis Week 5: The Light”

DOWNLOAD 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HERE WORKOUT OF THE PEOPLE Epiclesis to the Holy Spirit Introduction Intro, reflect on the theme, offer a prayer or intention. – 5 minutes “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.  Anyone who does not love doesContinue reading “PraXis Week 4: Love, 16-hour fast”

Welcome to the PraXis Wellness Challenge, Week 2. This week’s theme is the heart. DOWNLOAD THE 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HERE. To the ancients, the heart was the center of our physical, emotional, and spiritual being. Intuition (knowing without thinking) occurred in the heart, not the brain. The heart pumped out the thoughts ofContinue reading “PraXis Challenge, Week 2: The Heart”

Week 1 [Zoom links to this week’s session are at the bottom of the post] Welcome to the start of our 8-week, wellness challenge. DOWNLOAD THE 2022 VERSION OF THE CHALLENGE HERE Theme: (New) Creation You are a new creation in Christ [2 Corin. 5:17]. For it is in God’s image that you were made,Continue reading “PraXis Challenge, Week 1: Creation”