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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…