Week 113

Positive post Sunday, April 14, 2019- Week 113.  Today is not just another day during spring break where kids and young adults get time off from school and unwind in many celebratory ways.  Today marks one week until Michele and I can have ice cream again.  We both gave up ice cream up for Lent. …

Week 112

Positive post Sunday, April 7, 2019- Week 112.  Papa’s “Top 10”!  Julie Leconte’s response to last week’s PPS, “I find the work of God every day when I look into the eyes of the ones I love” inspired me to write about my Top 10.  No, not my list of top 10 songs or my…

Week 111

Positive post Sunday, March 31, 2019- Week 111.   We have certainly had an abundance of rain and even hail and snow in Southern California over the last several weeks.  Although I’m sure our friends from other colder parts of the country are laughing at us fair weather SoCal natives, there were a few days…

Week 110

Positive post Sunday, March 24, 2019…. Week 110. Well, we are 3 Sundays into Lent and I’m sure missing ice cream, but I’m sure not as much as Michele!!  A small price to pay to recognize the sacrifice Jesus made to open the gates of Heaven to all of us.   At the beginning of Lent…

Week 109

Positive post Sunday, March 17, 2019- Week 109.  Today is the final day of the 35th Redlands Bicycle Classic (RBC), a professional stage race that is recognized by the cycling community throughout the world.  Those that have raced in Redlands over the past 35 years include the “who’s who” of professional cycling, including Olympians, world…

Week 108

Positive post Sunday, March 10, 2019- Week 108.  Those of you that know me well, knew that my positive post Sunday for this week would be about our most recent family blessing.  With God’s grace, Michele Lomen Rendler and I are honored to introduce our 10th grandchild Juliana Kay Buoye, daughter of Patrick and Alison…

Week 107

Positive post Sunday, March 3, 2019- Week 107.  I started these Positive Post Sundays 107 weeks ago in preparation for Lent.  My plan was to write something positive each day “during Lent” to counter all the negativity we read and watch every day in virtually all communication channels.  My first post was short and simple. …

Week 106

Positive post Sunday, February 24, 2019…. Week 106.   It was time to practice what I preach this past week.  In Positive Post Sundays 34 and 53 I suggested that if you have friends that have moved, stop saying you’re going to visit them and DO IT!  So, Michele Lomen Rendler and I went on…

Week 103

Positive post Sunday, February 3, 2019- Week 103.  I bet everyone knows that today is Super Bowl Sunday!  Well, did you know that it’s also the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Catholic church and like all Sundays, services will continue at Christian churches throughout the world today.  Although many of us will go…

Week 105

Positive post Sunday, February 17, 2019- Week 105.  Do you have a mentor, an experienced and trusted adviser?  Virtually every successful leader I know has had one or more mentors help them navigate not only through their career but through their life.  I have been very fortunate to have had many mentors, some formal and…