In 2025, one guiding word shaped our year at The Foundry: WALK.
Throughout the year, we considered what it means to follow Jesus with a walking faith. Faith is not simply a concept to believe or an idea to hold—it is a way of life meant to be actively lived out, one step at a time, through obedience, movement, and love.
And while walking is a powerful picture of a healthy spiritual life, actual walking can also be an important part of living a healthy, whole life. At The Foundry, we encouraged our community not only to take their next spiritual step, but to take plenty of physical steps along the way.
As disciples of Jesus, we want to be mindful of the whole person God has created us to be—spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, and relational. Sometimes something as simple as going for a walk can be good for all of them.
This page contains resources to encourage you along the way. So lace up your shoes, take your next step, and keep walking. 

• A Walking Life: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom One Step at a Time by Antonia Malchik

• 52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time by Annabel Abbs-Streets

• In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration by Shane O'Mara

• God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul by Mark Buchanan

• Relaxed: Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried About a Thing by Megan Fate Marshman

• Walking with God: How to Hear His Voice by John Eldridge

• "Is Walking Good Exercise? Yes, If You Do These 5 Things, Trainers Say"

• "What ‘10,000 Steps a Day’ Gets Right (and Wrong) About Health and Weight"

• "How Taking A Post-Meal  Walk Helps Regulate Blood Sugar"

• "11 Walking Resolutions to Make Now"

• "Study Finds Walking Faster for Just 15 Minutes a Day Can Help You Live Longer"

• "Your Walking Style Can Have Surprising Health Benefits, Study Says"

• "23 Surprising Easy Ways To Achieve 10,000 Steps"

• "Walking Faster May Help You Live Longer"

• "Scientists Identify The Optimal Number of Daily Steps For Longevity, And It's Not 10,000"

• "What A 'Fart Walk' Is, And Why You Should Take One Tonight"

• "What Your Walking Speed Can Tell You About Your Health"

• "The Spiritual Discipline Of Taking A Walk"

• "12 Unexpected Health Benefits Of Walking And How Yo Make A Habit Of It"

• "How to Maximize the Health Benefits of Walking"