Abide
Jesus
Full
One chapter, one verse journaled, prayed back. Before any screen.
Minimum
One verse and a 60-second prayer.
October cohort · starts the 1st
One month.
Five practices.
One circle.
A 31-day challenge for Christian business leaders in Maryland. Everyone starts on the 1st and finishes together.
Grace over grit. You don't have to be ready. You just have to start.
How it works
No app to download. Nothing to set up. It all runs on email.
Step 1
One email, 6:00 AM
The day's five practices and your circle's chains.
Step 2
One tap to check in
Mark each practice, full or Faithful Minimum. Both count.
Step 3
Your circle sees you
Three leaders, same month. Nobody goes quiet unnoticed.
The five practices
Made for more, and more is found close: your heart, family, body, work, and open hand. Underneath all five is one discipline: presence.
Attend
Family
Full
One phone-away hour, named the night before. Phone in another room.
Minimum
10 undistracted minutes.
Move
Health
Full
30 minutes of intentional movement, your call how.
Minimum
Your age in reps of any calisthenic (e.g. 52 years old, 52 pushups). Break them up however you like.
Build
Calling
Full
30 protected minutes on your calling, not in it.
Minimum
Ten minutes on the one thing that matters most.
Give
Generosity
Full
One act of generosity that costs you something: time, money, or preference.
Minimum
One note of gratitude or encouragement, sent.
The Faithful Minimum is the hard-day version. Full on good days, minimum on hard ones. Both count. Both keep the chain alive. The floor isn't failure, it's faithfulness.
Each month a guest host adds a twist to one practice, so no two months are the same.
Never miss twice.
One skip is a bad day. Two is a new habit. Miss a day and tomorrow's email invites you back. Your circle hears from us before you go quiet twice.
A month of coming back
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done missed came back future
Chain is still alive. You came back.
The chain doesn't break when you miss. It breaks when you decide not to come back.
Who you become by coming back.
This isn't about the streak. It's about who you become by keeping it. A month of coming back doesn't change whose you are. It teaches you to believe it.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine…”