There will be a day when all sports are inclusive. Until that day, we look to champions like Charles to show us what is possible when you share the bodybuilding stage with Physically Challenged Athletes. Thank you @inbaglobal_official for giving a platform to amazing athletes. (If you know know an athlete with any kind of special need who wants to compete, please message me. My team and I have a variety of certifications and experiences to help you.)

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2006 vs today. Carmen has been really patient with me šŸ˜‚ She wasn’t scared by my weirdness in college and she hasn’t been scared of this new journey of parenthood. I’m glad we were with each other through finals, job searching and seminary. We’ve always shared our high and lows together. Here’s hoping to many more eventful years. The ā€œHOW HARD DID AGING HIT YOU CHALLENGEā€ Upload your first ever profile picture and your most recent profile picture right next to it.

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Jeremiah is on track with his New Year’s Resolution and is focusing on eating more veggies and fruits. By really focusing on his macros, he is achieving all his weight goals šŸ’Ŗ. He wants to develop good habits for life. He’s also been successful at standing more and sitting at his desk less šŸ˜‚

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I’m preaching at CEC this weekend about reconciliation between the different generations. I think a lot of our church life is hurt because the younger generation has been really damaged by their parent’s generation and there is rarely ever an apology. While the older generation is sad that young people don’t take the time to understand the harsh and cruel upbringing the older generation has had to endure to get us where we are. In Acts 10, Peter sees a vision where a sheet is lowered from Heaven with many unclean animals. The vision disturbs Peter but God shows him that he has made clean the stuff that used to be unclean. This powerful moment pushed forward a movement where the Jews started to accept Christians who didn’t follow Jewish practices. (Arek Avedis Yetenekian depicts this scene in Chinese block art) In this vision, the people of God started to see how God wanted to bring his people together. My prayer for this Sunday is that we would be a people of repentance and we would make a commitment to heal. We’ve accepted brokenness for too long. Jesus wants to unite his church.

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