Week 93

Positive post Sunday, November 25, 2018- Week 93.  Have you ever experienced a random act of Godliness?  You know, that time a person mysteriously showed up to help you during a crisis in your life, or that time you were searching for meaning in your life or questioning your faith and someone was there to…

Week 92

Positive post Sunday, November 18, 2018- Week 92.  Many of us have a tradition of sharing who or what we are thankful for at Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends.  This year, I once again have so much to be thankful for, especially my faith.  I am thankful for having such a strong faith which…

Week 91

Positive post Sunday, November 11, 2018- Week 91.  Have you ever experienced a time when you put your heart and soul into something and the result didn’t turn out as you planned?  Well, that’s exactly what Michele, our core campaign team Lisa Purcell-Rorick, Ron and Ann VanDamme and I experienced with our recent election.  To…

Week 90

Positive post Sunday, November 4, 2018- Week 90.  A letter to my wife.  Michele Rendler, I am incredibly proud of you and blessed to be your husband.  You are an amazing woman who always puts other’s needs ahead of your own.  You are a true woman of faith and one of the most generous and…

Week 89

Positive post Sunday, October 28, 2018- Week 89.  Do you believe in angels?  I do!  Experiencing the love of a true servant of God sent down to us from the good Lord is an amazing and uplifting experience.  Well, our community just sent one back upstairs.  Yesterday, we celebrated the life of a dear friend,…

Week 88

Positive post Sunday, October 21, 2018- Week 88.  You may be familiar with one of my favorite scripture passages, Joshua 24:15, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”, which we have proudly displayed in our living room.  This past week we were blessed once again to serve the Lord at Mass. …

Week 87

Positive post Sunday, October 14, 2018- Week 87.  How do you measure your wealth?  When asked this question, many of us think of our 401K plans, stock holdings and real estate investments.  I challenge us to think broader and beyond financial wealth to a deeper and more rewarding spiritual wealth!  I’m not suggesting that financial…

Week 86

Positive post Sunday, October 7, 2018- Week 86.  One of the privileges we have as American citizens it to vote, yet according to the Public Policy Institute of California and the Secretary of State, only 73% of eligible adults are currently registered to vote and in the 2014 general election only 42% of those registered…

Week 85

Positive post Sunday, September 30, 2018– Week 85.  The Rendler tradition of hosting pro cyclists that win races is alive and well!  Michele and I hosted pro cyclists competing in the Redlands Bicycle Classic (RBC) for over 20 years.  The RBC is an internationally recognized road stage race and many of the cyclists that stayed…

Week 83

Positive post Sunday, September 26, 2018- Week 83.  When you stop learning you may as well stop living, or as Albert Einstein put it, “Once you stop learning you start dying.”  Education, in its many forms, is a critical and essential part of human life, and the beauty of education is that we can learn…