Week 84

Positive post Sunday, September 23, 2018- Week 84.  You have likely seen the many Capital One commercials with the tagline “what’s in your wallet?”  I particularly like the ones with Samuel L. Jackson.  Well, this Sunday morning I ask a different question, “What’s in your heart?”  What we have in our wallets (credit cards, driver’s…

Week 82

Positive post Sunday, September 9, 2018- Week 82.  “Thank you!”, a very important expression of our appreciation that, on occasion, we forget to communicate. Is there someone you forgot to thank, or even take for granted? If so, I hope this message encourages you to thank them now! I can’t think of a better way…

Week 81

Positive post Sunday, September 2, 2018- Week 81.  As a young student in elementary school, other than Christmas and Easter, which I learned about in school and at church, I didn’t really know or appreciate the true meaning of many holidays.  Holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, Columbus Day and Labor Day just meant that…

Week 80

Positive post Sunday, August 26, 2018- Week 80.  The first reading at Mass this week focused on serving the Lord and included one of my favorite scripture passages, Joshua 24:15, which in part says “…as for me and my house, we will serve the lord”.  You may have seen this saying framed on the wall…

Week 79

Positive post Sunday, August 19, 2018- Week 79.  Every week for the past several years I have gotten up early on Saturday morning, put on my cycling kit and helmet, filled my water bottles, checked my brakes and tire pressure, and “rolled” off to what we affectionately call the “bagel ride”.  The bagel ride is…

Week 78

Positive post Sunday, August 12, 2018- Week 78.  Do you believe in karma, or better yet, that if we keep our eyes and hearts open, we can see how the Lord works through each and every one of us each day?  Although we usually associate karma with bad things when we say, “that’s karma!”, as…

Week 77

Positive post Sunday, August 5, 2018- Week 77.  I’m very excited!  My wonderful wife, and community leader, Michele Rendler is running for the Redlands Unified School District Board of Trustees.  We are very thankful for those who have encouraged her to run and the early support of many friends and community leaders and we welcome…

Week 76

Positive post Sunday, July 29, 2018- Week 76.  There are many ways to express and proclaim our faith.  One way is being a disciple and servant of the Lord by actively engaging in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, the Holy Mass.  Michele and I have been blessed an honored to serve the Lord as Eucharistic…

Week 75

Positive post Sunday, July 22, 2018- Week 75.  You are likely familiar with the term “Bucket list”, a phrase used for a list of things one wants to do before dying (kicking the bucket).  This phrase was popularized by American and British screenwriter Justin Zackham in his 2007 film, The Bucket List.  For you history…

Week 74

Positive post Sunday, July 15, 2018- Week 74. You’ve likely heard the biblical saying in John, Chapter 8, “Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.”  If not, look it up.  I don’t know about others, but I’m certainly not worthy of throwing any stones.  Like…