Are any of you travelling for Thanksgiving? Even though I live in Canada these days, I still enjoy taking a few days off to enjoy Thanksgiving and watch some Football. I am not a huge fan, but it is a bit of a Tradition. I cook a Thanksgiving meal and enjoy a few days of rest.

Good morning, Team! I’m just over a week into using my rowing machine, yes, the one that makes me feel like I’m training for the Olympics while actually going nowhere, and it got me thinking: sometimes you’ve got to mix things up. Schedules and routines are fantastic… until they start feeling like that old GPS that keeps saying “recalculating” because it refuses to believe you took a different route. Life doesn’t always respect our plans, our expectations, or our color-coded calendars. That’s why cross-training matters, both as athletes and as professionals. It strengthens the weak spots, reduces the risk of burnout or injury, and keeps us adaptable when the unexpected hits (which it will… usually before coffee). Closing thought: If you want to grow, don’t just work harder, work differently. The muscles you train today might be the very ones that carry you through tomorrow’s surprises. Let’s stay sharp, stay flexible, and keep rowing, even if the scenery never changes. 🚣‍♂️

“Honour God with your body.” — 1 Cor. 6:20 You're not training to impress. You're training to endure. Just like the Knights of old, we train to survive and to be there to protect those whom we guard.

Here is a Summary of the message I preached this Morning. Let me know what you think. Christ Is King - Not a Rebel Authority vs. Rebellion (John 1:1–14) In every generation, people wrestle with authority. But Scripture draws a clear line between the Rebel and the Commander. Lucifer is the prototype of rebellion: grasping for power that was never his, recruiting through pride, pushing upward to take authority without obedience. Christ is the perfect picture of true authority: eternal, divine, uncreated. He doesn’t seize authority; He embodies it. He doesn’t manipulate followers; He leads by truth, sacrifice, and integrity. He is the Word made flesh, the Light of the world, the Way to the Father. Jesus didn’t posture like a rebel. He submitted, obeyed, descended… and was exalted above every name. So the real question isn’t whether Jesus was a rebel (He wasn’t). The question is which posture we choose: - Rebellion, like Lucifer: self-will, defiance, chaos. - Submission, like Christ: humility, obedience, eternal life. Freedom isn’t found in resisting God’s authority, but in kneeling beneath it. Choose the path of the King who stepped down to lift us up. Choose Christ.

I train to carry my cross — not my ego.” Like a lot of veterans, whether from the military, law enforcement, or just the school of hard knocks, I sometimes feel like my body hit the “expiration date” way earlier than my driver’s license says it should. I remind my kids all the time: I don’t work out because I enjoy it. No, I’m out there exercising so I can survive… and so I can keep serving. Honestly, most days I feel like the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. If I sit still too long, I don’t relax, I seize up. Give me a few idle minutes, and suddenly I’m one stiff hinge away from needing someone to show up with an oil can just to get me moving again. How about you? Why do you exercise? Do you love it, or is it out of necessity? How do you stay motivated?