Q:  How does this work?
Once a week, on Monday, we put up an activity, a workout, that strengthens the soul.  Usually focusing on a particular soul muscle group (e.g. joy, peace, patience, kindness, etc), these workouts are listed in the “Workouts” category. Through the week thoughts, quotes, images etc. will be posted to supplement the main workout.

Some of the workouts may be easier  – it’ll help to identify strengths and weaknesses.  Spiritual workouts may overlap the physical and vice versa.  We believe there is a connection between mind, body and soul.

One thing that we believe will help is to not workout alone.  Do the workouts with your family and friends.  Talk about them, share your observations and your insights.  It’s like having a running partner who loves to run – they’ll keep you going and get you going faster and stronger.

Q: Who is this for?
Those who need stronger souls.  Paul, the writer of a large portion of the New Testament, says that we are in a battle, a war that is fought not in or against flesh and blood but in the spirit.  If you know you’re in a fight you train differently.  People who workout the physical in a health club on the treadmill for 30 minutes, three days a week are not in shape to fight.  Most of us train the spiritual the same way.  Maybe once or twice a week we head  to a church, check it off our to-do list, wipe the sweat from our brow, grab a latte and consider ourselves spiritual.  We’re not in shape to fight.  SoulFit hopes to change the way we train so that ultimately we can fight the good fight.

Q:  Is this a “religious” thing?
If religion has to do with living powerfully and fully with purpose and meaning than YES!  If by religion you mean a set of rules and regulations on what and what not to do than no. The word religion has gotten a bad rap in the last 20 years.  Religion (where religion is a man-made system of faith and worship) has a tendency to over simplify.  Do this, don’t do that.  This is good, that is bad.  Religion has often drawn sharp, clear-cut black and white lines in our world.  The soul, the spirit, is difficult to define and hard to quantify.  Today’s religion would much prefer to dogma-tize than to say “I don’t know.”

Q:  Do I have to a Christian to participate?
No. While our background is predominately Protestant in religious education and training we’ve found that much of the contemporary Christian church doesn’t provide enough weight to the bar to make the spirit grow.  In exercise theory, muscles grow when they’re stressed or challenged beyond where they’ve been before.  If you keep benchpressing 135lbs. your body will reach a plateau and stop getting stronger.  Once you put more stress on the muscle (e.g. increase the poundage or the number of reps) the muscle is forced to grow.  Stop adding weight and stop the growth.  You don’t need a background in any religion to workout with us.  You do need to want it.  These workouts will more than likely (hopefully?) bother Christians and non-Christians alike.  Some will criticize it as not having enough bible verses, others will say to much.  People will be happy/unhappy if we quote Confucius.  Can’t make everyone happy…If your soul grows stronger, we’ll be happy.

• How will I know if it’s working?
• Is this a religious thing?
• Does this involve church?  replace church?  Do I have to go to church?
• What are the workouts based on?
• Why did you start this site?
• What’s in it for me?  What’s in it for you?