November 25, 2006
Though I am only halfway through my 4-day vacation in my hometown of Sacramento, I have already fully experienced the sweet and priceless value of an old friend. Up until yesterday, Trisha and I hadn’t seen each other for nearly two years, and had probably only talked 3 or 4 times since then. [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Sweet and Salty
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I love you! I love you! I love you!
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November 13, 2006
As I’ve been reading through the Old Testament, I have been stunned, yet not surprised, at the myriad paralells between stories of Israel in the OT and stories of Jesus in the NT. I stumbled across another such story last night as I laid in bed reading 2 Samuel 9.
To give some basic [...]
Unconditional Love?
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October 9, 2006
Have you ever just stopped to think about what it means to love someone unconditionally? To love them and forgive them no matter WHAT they do to you or to others? Take a minute to try and comprehend exactly what it means to love someone unconditionally. Go on, take a minute. Is it [...]
Doing What I Love
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September 21, 2006
This image depicts exactly why I love doing what I do. It’s moments like these - staring into the nervous, smiling eyes of a 6-year-old who is not even tall enough to look over the beam, and who is about to perform her beam routine in front of all her teammates and the [...]
The Things We Have
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September 20, 2006
Recently I’ve been prodded by the Spirit of God to consider the meaning of “materialism.” What does it mean to have a lot of things? Why is it “bad” to have a lot of things if you’re a Christian? Are we supposed to strive for poverty? And if we are supposed to strive [...]
The Imaginary Christian Faith
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September 14, 2006
I recently listened to a sermon online entitled “The Imaginary Christian Faith.” It was given by one of the pastors at Cornerstone Church, Chuck Bomar, in Simi Valley, where Brian and I went for a while when we were at UCLA. Chuck’s talk really convicted and challenged me, so I wanted to share [...]
Stories of my little gymnasts
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September 12, 2006
Children are so precious.
As for my gymnasts, I have one little girl in particular named Gigi (”Jee Jee”), who has benefited tremendously from her involvement with gymnastics. She is 9 years old, and her dyslexia and partial blindness in one eye has caused her to have to repeat the 3rd grade this year. [...]
Picture this . . .
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September 2, 2006
A man and a woman are walking down the sidewalk of a fairly busy main street. In the woman’s hand is a pair of leashes that are leading a little brown scruffy-looking puppy and a medium white dog that appears a bit more well-kept and mature. The man is towing a wooden wagon [...]
It’s all good
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August 8, 2006
I haven’t really been that inspired to write lately, but I just want to say that things here in North San Diego are really going great.
My roommates and I are hilarious. We’ve dumpster dived for a few pieces of furniture that we now have in our apartment. We’ve decided that instead of putting [...]
Affirmation
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July 21, 2006
I’ve often questioned whether my decision to move to Carlsbad and coach gymnastics was the right one. In the past few days, a series of conversations have affirmed that, indeed, I have made the right decision.
First of all, in talking and e-mailing with my old UCLA coach, Chris Waller, he has encouraged and [...]
