Burned, Broken, Alive
Broken. Burned. Dead. What happened first? Wind? Drought? The fire that scarred? The sycamore. A symbol for our lives? For our world? What is our wind? Our drought? Our fire? What saps away our strength? [...]
Running Our Public Lands
Last night I listened to a friend, Vic Thasiah, make a call for the running community to be more actively engaged in conservation efforts for our public lands. His presentation took place at Topa Topa [...]
Discarded Vines? A sermon on John 15:1-8
Finding hope in a text that at first reading is more loss than hope
Can anything good come out of …? Today’s sermon
Can anything good come out of Oxnard? I remember an encounter in my first days here at Our Redeemer. It was with Rusty Jackson, a long time (but not his entire life) Oxnard resident and [...]
Neighborliness
Smoke coming in to the ally behind my church. Thirty minutes earlier it had been clear. So far the Thomas Fire has been burning for more than a week. Here in Oxnard, we [...]
This Day – Gratitude 10/30
As I make dinner and then rush off for a meeting I've thought about this day. Here's what I've done: 4:30am - coffee and the news before strength class 6:00am - 360X @Mile26Fitness. I wasn't [...]
Out of Balance – Gratitude 10/6
On Thursday evenings I lead a 1 hour stretch and prayer time at my church. It's a helpful exercise for me because Thursday is usually a rest day (from running)...and the day after a hard [...]
Saturday – Gratitude 8/26
It's Saturday, so its long run day. We ran along the Ventura River today, a 10 mile up and back down. The workout was 2 miles easy, 3 miles at half marathon pace, 1 mile [...]
Transformed Living – Gratitude 8/25
"I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed [...]
Concentration – Training on Trails
Running in Malibu with my daughter. Can't beat the view. I crazily signed up for a 50k that will be on a local trail December 2nd. While the race is more than three [...]