Each Thursday morning at 7:30am, tucked in the back corner of Coffee Tree Roasters in Shadyside in Pittsburgh PA, you'll find a group of better than average looking young Christian men circled up, telling how much their lives have sucked in the last week, then leaning into what looks like an overly affectionate football huddle with their hands all laid on each other's shoulders, they say, "Amen", then they leave. This is Ironmen.
Admittedly, I am being somewhat facetious. We don't only talk about how much our lives suck. There is a parade of blessings and praises as well week after week. But this week, literally five minutes ago, we realized that we were all in a similar place.
In short, we were sick of feeling like we weren't being used by God. As bright, confident, sexy young men of God, we were used to being told, "You're gonna do great things," but we were getting tired of asking that age old question, "When?"
A few months ago, I felt the Lord whispering into my soul, prompting me to start a new group blog with about four or five other Christians. The idea being that if I could centralize a group of young Christian's writings on the same blog, then we could use each specific person's network to increase our reach and influence for Christ.
In that moment, a few minutes ago, the ideas connected in my head, and the Ironmen Blog was born. This blog has been born with the hope of serving the kingdom and doing those great things for God, one small post at a time.
Our prayer is that you would find yourself blessed by the words hear, and that the influence of this blog would, as it says in Daniel 12:3, "shine as the stars forever and ever."
Welcome to Ironmen!
jon
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