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Is There Actually a Link Between Physical Health and Spiritual Health?

“After we’re done here, we’re gonna hold a little Bible Study.”The man talking is Kelsey. He’s a good friend, a firefighter and, at the moment, a personal trainer at my new gym. He’s also, apparently, a Bible study leader.I haven’t been a member at the gym for an hour yet. I’m standing with about two dozen other members, all of us just finished with a morning workout. We’re heaving. Our hands rest on our shaky knees. Our excess clothing has been cast into sweaty piles around the gym. And our tra