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We know our golf handicap. We know when it's going up, when it's going down, and whether we're playing better than we were last year. But what about our faith? What if we could measure our spiritual growth the same way we measure our golf game? In this episode of Shanktification, we look at the way we evaluate ourselves spiritually—and whether the things we tend to measure are actually the things that matter most.

Because knowing where we are is helpful.
But knowing where we're headed might be even more important.

Shanktification — Golf, grace, and the beautiful struggle for perfection.
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One morning, I sat down with a cup of coffee and noticed something I normally would have completely missed. And it got me thinking about how often we move through life without actually paying attention.
We rush. We scroll. We listen to podcasts while doing something else. We fill every quiet moment with noise. But what happens when we slow down long enough to actually notice what's around us?

In this episode of Shanktification, we talk about coffee, golf, distraction, curiosity, and the strange habit we've developed of being everywhere except where we actually are. Sometimes God isn't trying to get our attention through something dramatic. Sometimes He's just waiting for us to notice.

Shanktification — Golf, grace, and the beautiful struggle for perfection.
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We all know our strengths. We know what we're good at, what comes naturally, and where we tend to shine. And just like in golf, it's easy to spend our time working on the parts of our game we enjoy.But what about our weaknesses?

In this episode of Shanktification, we wrestle with a bigger question: Should we spend our lives maximizing our strengths, fixing our weaknesses, or learning to see both through the eyes of God? Golf has a funny way of exposing what we're good at—and what we're trying very hard not to work on. And spiritually, our weaknesses may not be the obstacles we think they are. They may be some of the very places where God is teaching us dependence, humility, and trust. Sometimes the part of our game we want to hide is the part God wants to use.

Shanktification — Golf, grace, and the beautiful struggle for perfection.
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What if the way we see the world isn’t the only way to see it?Left-handed golfers know what it’s like to look at the game from a different perspective. Everything seems backwards—but it’s still the same game. Maybe people are like that, too.

In this episode of Shanktification, we talk about the importance of slowing down, listening, and learning to see things from someone else’s perspective before we judge them. Because sometimes the problem isn’t that someone is looking at life the wrong way. They’re just looking at it from a different side of the ball.

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When was the last time you were genuinely amazed? As kids, we wondered about everything. We asked questions, explored, noticed things adults had stopped noticing. Somewhere along the way, many of us traded wonder for certainty. Golf has a funny way of bringing some of that wonder back. A perfect shot, a ridiculous bounce, a sunrise over the course—you never quite know what’s coming next. And maybe our faith should feel a little more like that. In this episode of Shanktification, we talk about why we should never stop wondering about God, His creation, and what He might be doing in our lives. Because sometimes the healthiest thing we can do isn't find another answer. It’s keep asking better questions.

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When Paul says, “Be imitators of me,” in 1Corinthians 4:16, that is a bold statement.
But what if somebody actually imitated our lives.

When I was a kid, I wanted to swing like Tiger Woods because I thought looking like him would help me become like him. We do the same thing in life. We imitate people we admire, people we respect, and people who are further down the road than we are.

But that raises a harder question.

Are we living a life worth imitating.

In this episode of Shanktification, we look at humility, pride, selfishness, and apathy, and what it means to follow someone while also becoming someone worth following.

If someone copied your life, what would they become..

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A four-hour round of golf sounds like four hours of golf. But when you add up the actual time we spend hitting shots, there’s a whole lot of time left in between.

And maybe that’s the point.

We spend so much of life focused on the next shot—the next thing we need to accomplish, fix, or control—that we can miss what’s happening right in front of us.

In this episode of Shanktification, we talk about the moments between the shots—the conversations, the people, the interruptions, and the things God may be putting right in our path while we're busy thinking about our next move.

Because the shots may fill the scorecard, but it’s the moments between them that often change our lives.

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What makes a shot a nice shot? Is it the result, the expectation, or the standard we’ve created in our own heads?

Golf has a way of exposing how quickly we judge ourselves—and how easily we forget that the standard we’re chasing may not be the right one.

In this episode of Shanktification, we take a look at the standards we use on the golf course and in life, and what happens when we stop measuring ourselves against everyone else.

Because sometimes the shot isn’t the problem. The standard is.

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