Spiritual Fitness
Following Jesus at the ‘gym for your soul’
Trexo (‘TRAY-co’) is a set of spiritual exercises based on early Christian practice.
We believe that learning - and experiencing - the faith of those who were close to Jesus leads to big changes in our lives: more love, peace, forgiveness, and JOY.
Trexo exercises are derived from how the earliest disciples (up to ~400 AD) organized their lives, relationships, and communities and created ‘church’.
We developed these into the concept of a ‘gym for your soul’, using a familiar analogy.
We all know what a gym is, and why we would go: health, strength, growth, life improvement, community.
Trexo is the same concept, but for our interior life. We’ve divided the ancient practices into four basic elements of spiritual health:
Strength (‘ischus’): Worship and Discipleship
Stretching (‘ekteino’): Prayer and Evangelism
Endurance (‘hupomeno’): Scripture and Economics
Teamwork (‘koinonia’): Hospitality and Relationship
Strength = ‘Ischus’
Power through Worship and Discipleship
The Greek word ischus means inner strength—power that’s cultivated and sustained over time.
Early Christians built strength through:
Worship – Giving glory to God through reverence and praise.
Discipleship – Actively following Jesus in everyday life.
Spiritual strength helps us align our actions so they’re oriented towards God, rooting our identity in the Christian community, and strengthen our connection to the holy.
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind and with all your strength' (Mark 1:30).
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Stretching = ‘Ekteino’
Flexibility through Prayer and Witness
Ekteino means to stretch forward—like reaching toward something with intent and purpose.
The early church practiced stretching through:
Prayer – Constant communication with God.
Evangelism – Sharing God’s love with others.
Spiritual stretching opens our hearts and souls to deeper relationship with God, and gives us courage to share the joy of this with others.
'Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus' (Philippians 3:14).
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Endurance = ‘Hupomeno’
Resilience through Scripture and Economics
Hupomeno means to stay, remain, and persist—especially through suffering.
Endurance was cultivated in the early church by:
Scripture – Reading and living into our part in God’s story.
Economics – Organizing households and communities, sharing resources, giving and generosity.
Spiritual endurance builds hope and courage — it is the foundation of a life of joy.
'By your endurance you will gain your souls' (Luke 21:19).
Teamwork = ‘Koinonia’
Connection through Hospitality and Relationship
Koinonia means fellowship, partnership, and mutual participation.
Community was nurtured through:
Hospitality – Taking our seat at God’s table, and loving our neighbor as ourselves.
Relationship – Learning to love through marriage, family, friendship, community.
Spiritual teamwork reminds us: we aren’t made to do this alone. The Christian life is communal. Our lives are sustained by walking the Way together.
‘God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord' (1 Corninthians 1:9).
The earliest Christians didn’t think about what it meant to be Christian. They just lived their lives, transformed by the power of resurrection joy.
Trexo practices are designed to help us find that same power in our lives today - following the same activities as our ancestors in faith.
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