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…

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…