[Prep Season 2026] Week 7 – Raise the Stakes
I have been exploring the concept of home. What makes a place or a person feel like home? Is San Francisco my home? San Francisco is technically my home because I was born here and it’s where my family lives. Other than that, there’s nothing that makes me feel like San Francisco is home to ... read more >
[2026] June Year of Yes – Do not despise the day of the small yes
Here we are in June, and I am still wondering why my year of yes hasn't been very dramatic, and why I haven't said yes to anything major. I have a theory. In the Bible, when the children of Israel are about to enter the Promised Land, God tells Moses that he will drive out ... read more >
[Prep Season] Week 6 – 40 for 45 begins!
Every year I do what I call my 40 for whatever age I'm turning. This year is 40 for 45. For forty days, I ask myself some deep questions about what I want for the year ahead. I used to do it as a prayer exercise with Mark Batterson's Draw the Circle prayer challenge, but ... read more >
[Prep Season 2026] Week 5 – What’s the Alternative?
It’s Week 5 of Prep Season, and a switch has been flipped on in my brain, and I am waking up even more. It feels like someone pressed pause on my life in 2019 and has slowly lifted it as we move further into 2026. My life wasn’t exactly swinging in 2019 either, but it ... read more >
[Prep Season 2026] Week 4 Good or Bad – Who’s to say?
I feel disconnected from my environment because I don’t relate to the people around me beyond a superficial level. I realized that was because I had been looking only at my daily life here in San Francisco, and I have no deep roots of community here, and I think it’s by design. I am rediscovering ... read more >
[2026 Prep Season] Fitness and Wellness Journal
My two big goals for this month are to complete a 12-core workout challenge and to increase my step count. 16 Weeks Out Core Challenge: 12 Workouts 8-10K step challenge SF 5K? Pushing myself harder in the gym. Lacking motivation. YouTube is helping me I am back and forth on the SF 5K. It feels ... read more >
