Where Theology Meets Training
I’m Andy Mage.
Pastor. Hybrid athlete. 42 years old and training for a sub-1:30 half marathon.
I've led worship, worked in digital churches, run marathons, and owned a gym, but the conviction underneath all of it has never changed:
Formation doesn't stop when you lace up your shoes.
This is not a fitness blog with Bible verses sprinkled in. It's not a devotional with a running metaphor at the end. It's what happens when you stop treating the body and the soul as separate projects and start asking what discipline actually forms in a man.
Theology applied to training. Training illuminated by theology. No compartments.
The Theology of Rest Days: What Your Apple Watch Won't Tell You
I hadn't taken a real rest day in over a year. My rings were closed, my data looked good, and I was quietly falling apart. God built rest into creation before anything broke. Here's what He knew that my watch doesn't.