It’s been a bad year for local sports because of COVID-19 — no games, no Sportswalk, no Hall of Fame banquets — but it’s been a sad year for other reasons. It […]
A while back, I saw a post that I thought was fake because of how unbelievable it was. It was a picture of actor Kumail Nanjiani, the nerdy actor/comedian from Silicon Valley. […]
On August 13, 2020, my father and best friend passed away and left us with a big hole in our hearts. When I think about my father, I recall many of his […]
San Pedro United Methodist Church is a large, unassuming building on the corner of 6th Street and Grand Avenue. Built in 1923, the church once had a large rotating beacon of light […]
“The Lord is in his holy temple, let all the earth keep silence.” (Habakkuk 2.20) “For everything there is a season…a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.” (Ecclesiastes 3.1,7) […]
One of the most consistent frustrations I see people have is not their ability to lose weight but the ability to keep it off. Most people can, for short periods of time, […]
The last five months have been hard. In fact, this just might be the most isolating and difficult season some of us have ever experienced. For many, COVID-19 has brought us to […]
Even with the realities and necessary limitations due to the pandemic, now is a time that our children need more support — and not less — given their social-emotional and academic development […]
We’ve all lost something in this pandemic: family and friends, jobs, the lockdown of restaurants, stores, churches, and other meeting places, no proms or graduations, the list goes on and on. At […]
“Make change your friend, and you will have a friend for life.” Duffy Nelson We’ve had some transitions in the faith community of San Pedro, so I’ll take a few months to […]
Early on a Sunday morning, Steve Gebhart, San Pedro High School’s new principal, is working to prepare for the first virtual school year. He has only been at the school for a […]