sacred journeys

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Sometime this year (2007) humanity will reach a significant demographic achievement. For the first time in history more people will live in cities than in rural areas. By 2030 more than 60 percent of humanity will live in cities. - Source: The United Nations
A shot overlooking Los Angeles…

Michelle and I heard from a very dear friend of ours recently, that we have not heard from in a long time updating us on herself & her family. It reminded me so strongly of a summer we spent with her & her family years ago. It seems like yesterday in some ways, but in […]

This Saturday night, Kairos is hosting Kendall Payne , who will be singing songs from her brand new CD that has just been released. This is one of her CD Release parties. We are honored to host it.
Also, Mike Officer and the MOB a band from Daichi’s school (the Musicians […]

This morning, I am green with envy. My son Caleb got asked to go to Beckham’s inaugural game in L.A. last night.

A good friend of ours here in L.A., and someone that I get to work with — his name is Greg also — asked Caleb to go. He only had 2 tickets, and somehow […]

Here are a couple of interesting quotes…
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, found in 3 Seconds by Les Parrott […]

A guy whose career that I have followed (Michael Reardon - from Southern California), died in a freak accident.
Michael was this unbelievable, and I mean unbelievable free solo rock climber. He was known for ’scaling cliffs equipped only with sticky rubber-soled shoes and a chalk bag to keep his hands dry’

Anyway, I was sad to […]

…there is absolutely no change in seasons.

A good friend of ours from Kairos — Kristi , said this about living in LA…
“feels like living in limbo. As in, I grew up in a place with 4 distinct seasons. … Without those environmental cues, time seems to just sort of hang…rather than march steadily on. Where […]

This is just a small excerpt from Julian of Norwich’s ‘Showings’

“For it is God’s will that we believe that we see him continually, though it seems to us that the sight be only partial; and through this belief he makes us always to gain more grace, for God wishes to be seen, and he wishes […]

as I was driving to Kairos today…

to meet my aspiring movie director friend Andrew…

I thought — in spite of the traffic, noise, bad air-quality, crime, etc — my family and I love this city!