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My professional life is inextricably linked with my faith. For those who don't know, I am an ordained minister, and work as a hospital chaplain while volunteering as a police chaplain. Something that's come up a lot at work in conversations with my supervisor is that getting to the next level in my chaplaincy is tied in with my spiritual formation. This is the Formation part of the title. Another aspect of my faith relevant to this challenge is the idea that for Christians, our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. in much of Western thought, especially Western Christian Thought, the influence of Neo-Platonic philosophy (thanks largely to Augustine of Hippo) has meant many Western Christians have seen spirit and flesh (their bodies) as separate. However, this was likely not the view of Jesus of Nazareth, nor of Paul of Tarsus who wrote the passage I quoted above. They both saw the body and soul as different but inseparable parts of one whole. To me that means my health and fitness goals link perfectly with my spiritual goals. That's the Integration part of the challenge. Finally, in my professional life I have procrastinated all summer about actually completing an application for a doctoral program in ministry. That procrastination will not stand. That's the Application part of the challenge. Therefore: Formation: Each day at least once during work and preferable more often than that I will spend time in the Hospital's chapel in meditative prayer. I will journal each day at work. The subject of that journaling involves self assessment of some technical aspects of connecting with patients I won't go into here, as well as my thoughts on how the formation is affecting the technical prowess Integration: I will continue to follow the practices of Intuitive Eating I will lift I will Yoga I will walk Application I will get that application sent off before the end of the challenge.