THE SCENE: Wet, drippy, but not too cold for February
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
- High knees
- Projectivators
- Tempo squats
- Little baby arm circles
- Tempo merkins
- Fence steppers
- Cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
- Tabata with a Disney Princess Soundtrack
- Tabata round 1 (45/15)
- Curls
- Heavy flutters
- Heavy squats
- CMU Swings
- Row right
- Row left
- Mosey to play ground for max pull ups
- Tabata round 2 (45/15)
- Heavy LBCs
- Block Jump overs
- Gore Curls
- Heavy freddy’s
- Heavy heel raises
- Walking CMU Merkins
- Mosey to playground for max pull-ups
- Tabata round 3 (45/15)
- Heavy Lunges
- Heel taps
- Good mornings
- Heavy Big Boys
- Heavy Hammers
- Blockees
- Heavy squat ring of fire up to 5
MARY:
Enough time for a full round of dealer’s choice.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 6:16-18
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,18so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
fasting, Schmemann argues, “rather than weakening us makes us light, concentrated, sober, joyful, pure.
true “Christian asceticism is a fight, not against but for the body.”
In Taft’s words, penance is “not a turning in on self, not a concentration on self-discipline as some sort of spiritual athletics, but an openness to new life, and through it openness to others, the end to which it is all supposed to lead.”
Schmemann counsels a fast to “control our speech”19 so that we can recover a measure of silence in our spiritual life without which we cannot hear the voice of the Lord.
fasting, like all forms of discipline, “is not a pitting of the spirit against the flesh, but rather body and soul united together against sin, body and soul converted together to the Lord.
The body is valuable and a precious gift of the Creator—who Himself of course took on human flesh—but its value is only recognizable paradoxically when it is not pampered but denied, as in fasting: “fasting in Christianity is only truly itself when it realizes the sacredness of the body.
fasting as a physical effort is totally meaningless, and potentially even dangerous, without its spiritual counterpart: ‘by fasting and prayer.
Prospective lent practices: Say the lord’s prayer twice a day, replace one meal a day with something nutritious but bland, Warm-up every morning
MOLESKIN:
This was a close approximation of a Q from last February, but the need for self discipline, both physical and spiritual, never stops.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Donations still ongoing to Wesley House – see Slack, CSAUP this Saturday, Family Q March 5 with Biohack and Chicken Lady co-Q.
I am trying to pull together a Shield Lock / Discipleship Band program for the AO. If you want to participate, let me know what times you could genuinely commit. I will try to line up groups of 3-4 based on common availability.