From the Field
Dispatches for the mission — mind, body, and spirit. Filter by the pillar you came for.
Pastor Sleep: The First Discipline You Sacrifice — and the One You Can’t Afford To
Rest is not the reward for finishing the work — it is the fuel that lets you finish it at all…
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Bible Verses About Fitness: What Scripture Actually Says About Training Your Body
Scripture never hands you a workout plan — but it gives you a theology of the body serious enough to change how you train…
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Strength Training for Pastors: Why the Pulpit Needs the Weight Room
Strength training for pastors isn’t vanity — it’s stewardship. Why the weight room protects your energy, presence, and years…
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Missionary Nutrition: The Deficiencies That Masquerade as Burnout
A large slice of what gets called field burnout is really a fuel problem — the nutrient deficiencies that masquerade as burnout…
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Mission Trip Preparation: The 8-12 Week Physical Readiness Plan
Passport, packing list, support letter — but nobody trains the body that carries the mission. Here’s the 8-12 week field-readiness plan…
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Is Caring About Your Body Even Biblical?
Is caring about your body even biblical? An honest answer to the fitness objection — 1 Timothy 4:8 and all — straight from Scripture.
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Missionary Attrition Has a Blind Spot: Nobody Screens the Body
Agencies screen doctrine and psychology – almost never physical readiness. The missing standard in missionary preparation…
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9 Physical Warning Signs of Pastor Burnout (Most Get Spiritualized Away)
Pastor burnout symptoms show up in the body long before the resignation letter. Nine physical warning signs, what they mean, and the mi…
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The Ministry Athlete: Why Pastors Burn Out — and How to Train Instead of Cope
1 in 4 pastors considered quitting last year. Pastors and missionaries are occupational athletes with no training infrastructure…
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Every Christian Man Needs to Attend the Base 1520
Why Every Christian Man Needs to Attend the Base 1520 Alpha Course. In a world that promotes passivity, comfort, and weakness, this Chr…
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Base 1520: For Every Christian
Base 1520: For Every Christian, Not Just the Career Missionary When people hear about fitness for Christians at Base 1520, they often a…
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Why Agencies Use Base 1520
Why Sending Agencies Should Use Base 1520: Revolutionizing Frontier Missions For decades, missionary training has prepared people spiri…
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Why Base 1520?
Why Base 1520? The Mission Behind the Movement In a world where fitness is often reduced to aesthetics, competition, and self-glorifica…
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How Nutrition Impacts the Gospel
Fuel for the Mission: How Nutrition Impacts the Gospel When we think about sharing the Gospel, nutrition for missionaries isn’t usually…
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