We’re in a new season of Forge Tribe — a space between challenges that we’re calling The Foundry. This is your window to jump in, explore, and invite new men to connect — without the pressure of a full challenge commitment. Here’s what this season is about: - Smaller, flexible fire teams - The chance to bounce between groups - Building connections with different guys across Forge Tribe - Studying, sharpening, and growing together This isn’t about locking into one group long-term. It’s about getting exposure, building brotherhood, and finding your rhythm as we lead up to our Fall Challenge in September. A lot of you are already meeting regularly — book studies, weekly calls, etc. Let’s open that up. 👇 Drop a comment below with: - What you’re studying - When you’re meeting - Whether you’re open to others joining The goal? Over time, every guy in Forge Tribe gets to connect with others across the tribe — not just one circle. This is how we build something stronger. More details on the Fall Challenge coming soon. For now — step into The Foundry. Let’s get after it.

Woke up in the middle of the night last night. Could not go back to sleep. Been thinking about the discussion around the ruthless elimination of hurry. I haven’t dived into the book yet, but have read a number of different resources related to the same theme: moving at the pace God designed and creating space for real communion to expand our capacity to know and experience God‘s love for us and thereby become fuller conduits of that love to those he puts in our lives. This has been a huge theme of reflection for me over the last six years and has steered me on a new theological journey as I seek to understand what that means. I am always in a hurry. I’m always trying to produce more. A few years ago I read a book by Justin Whitmel Earley. He describes his transformation from frenetic an anxious pace of life that led to serious physical complications to a life of liturgy. The name of his book is The Common Rule. He describes what we are looking at here in this community together. He talks about a rule of life and living inside the rhythms God designs for us. He wrote another book called the habits of the household. Haven’t read that one yet but want to! Anyway, It had a huge impact on me and created in me a desire for more liturgy. I started studying Anglicanism and fell in love with what I learned. There’s a reason so many men in America and so many people in America are returning to Catholicism or Eastern Orthodox faith. There’s a hunger for centeredness and a connection to ancient tradition, something that is deeper and more stable than common fads and pop spirituality. We long for truth that transcends our appetites and consumer centered lives. Liturgy and a rule of life are ways to help us do that more effectively. The learning I did while creating the Legend of Messiah devotional material for The Crucible also made a huge impact on me as I reflect on God‘s design for us, why he made us, why he created time and space defined by day and night, and how he designed us. And then to think how part of his rescue was to form a nation for himself and in forming them he created a calendar with appointed times that were all designed to keep his people in rhythm with his own story. Everything about their lives centered on the story of red redemption and pointed to him at the center of everything, and help helped keep them subordinate to his purposes. As I studied, I realized that the traditions we are learning about through a rule of life and liturgy are rooted in the faith of our Jewish “older brothers.” Jesus followed those rhythms. I’m trying to learn more about what those rhythms were and what that meant for Jesus and what that means for me.

Brothers, The Crucible is not the finish line. It was the beginning. For 40 days, you stepped out of drift and into intention. You built rhythms. You chose discipline. You showed up before God and alongside your brothers. Now the question is simple: How will you continue? If you don’t decide, you will drift. So here’s what comes next: 1 — Invite another man Who do you want to lead through the next Crucible? Reach out. Bring him in early. Help him find a Fire Team. Keep it 3-4 men. “Dropped their nets and followed.” 2 — Stay in brotherhood Do not go back to isolation. Stay engaged with your Fire Team—or start a new one. “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” 3 — Build your Rule of Life This is your off-season training plan. How will you pray? Fast? Stay disciplined? Stay connected? Write it. Keep it simple. Post it here in the community. “Train yourself for godliness.” 4 — Share what happened Complete the survey. What God did in you may be exactly what another man needs. “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.” 5 — You don’t need to guess what to do next. Start in the classroom: The Prodigal God — Tim Keller Fighting Shadows — Jon Tyson Or build your own path and share it with Forge Tribe. “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” Stay in the Word. Stay in rhythm. Stay intentional. Looking Ahead This fall, we begin the next 40-day season—built for men who have completed this one. A deeper step. A new challenge. More to follow. You are not the same man who started. Don’t go back. Stay sharp. Stay grounded. Stay with your brothers. —Forge Tribe

Brothers, I’ve been encouraging guys in Forge Tribe to find ways to engage with what they’re learning and share it with others. Not because anyone has it all figured out, but because there’s value in working things out together and letting others see what God is doing in you. @Sean Baker put together a study based on The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, and I just want to acknowledge that. It takes time and effort to sit with something, process it, and then share it with the group. That kind of contribution matters. It builds the culture we’re trying to create here. I’m grateful for it. If you’ve been thinking about doing something similar, this is a good example. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Just real. Check it out in the classroom, and, hit him up if you wanna join in. Sean, thanks for putting this together.

Wednesday, 9:30–10:00 PM EST Join here: https://www.skool.com/live/mZNdBKyyHxP If you’ve been meaning to come, take this as your sign—show up tomorrow. Every other Wednesday, we gather—wherever we are—to pray. Not because we have it all together, but because we don’t. Cameras off. No pressure. No performance. Just presence. You don’t have to lead. You don’t have to say anything. Just being there matters more than you think. We take turns lifting up names and needs to our almighty God. A quiet, sacred rhythm in the middle of a noisy world. Set a reminder. Make the time. Come be part of it. All are welcome. Come as you are.