David Zinczenko is the General Manager of Rodale Healthy Living Group and Editor-in-Chief of Men’s Health magazine. He has been a champion of health for everyone, but especially for kids and men. In 2008 he wrote, with Matt Goulding, Eat This, Not That! for Kids! The book helps kids make healthy choices in their eating. Since then, Zinczenko and Goulding have co-written 12 books in the Eat This, Not That! series.

            Of course, it’s not a new concept. We all know that by making the right choices in what we eat, we can improve our health and outlook on life. In a very real way, Jesus was helping define correct choices for the church, to improve her health and ensure that the church and believers will endure, and even thrive, until Jesus comes once more. So today, we consider “Do This, Not That!” as it relates to the life of faith.

Do this

            Some of us call this day “Holy Thursday” and some call it “Maundy Thursday,” but both terms apply. “Maundy” comes from the same Latin word from which we get the words “mandate” and “commandment.” In the upper room, Jesus gave his disciples a new commandment, to “love one another. J

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