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Courageous: My One Word for 2012
By Tom Zuniga My One Word 365 for 2012 is courageous. After five months of this slightly less sparkly new year, I wanted to check in with my spring progress. Not in a puff-myself-up kind of way, but more of a trying-to-… -
Revelife Reviews: Blue Like Jazz (Movie)
By Tom Zuniga I recently saw Blue Like Jazz. What’s Blue Like Jazz, you ask? Isn’t that a book, you ask? How can one “see” a book, you ask? Why was this a real thing, you ask? Well, I can answer a… -
Why I’ve Never Been Baptized
By Tom Zuniga Several years ago I watched my younger siblings do it. I’ve often wondered whether I would ever follow in their footsteps. Been questioned about it plenty of times. But I already have Jesus in my hear… -
The Sense and Nonsense of Easter
By Tom Zuniga Easter is the epitome of the illogical turn of events. People don’t just roll away massive unmovable boulders. People don’t escape from inescapable tombs. People don’t cheat death. And yet… -
On Meeting My First Celebrity
By Tom Zuniga I’ve lived in the Los Angeles area for almost two years now. Ah, LA—the Mecca for movie stars and beautiful people alike. And lots and lots of Mexicans. I’ve met plenty of Mexicans in two… -
Good Enough for Loneliness
By Tom Zuniga Today I have the extreme honor of guest-posting at one of my favorite blogs on the whole interweb, People of the Second Chance. Below is an excerpt, and you can click the link at the end for the continuati… -
Why You Need to Get Lost
By Tom Zuniga I’m training for a half-marathon on April 22. I realize this event could potentially thrust me into hating running forever, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take. From now until April 22, my… -
My Letter to Me: From YouthWorks to Now
By Tom Zuniga Last week I received one of the more unique letters the U.S. postal service will ever deliver to me. Yes, even more random than the birthday cards from my first grade teacher, received 15+ years after I pre… -
Beware of Lent: Fasting for Courage that Lasts
By Tom Zuniga I never grew up in the religious tradition of Lent. For the longest time it seemed an enslaving exercise void of passion or purpose–something you had to do, but didn’t really want to do, if yo… -
Random is Beauty
By Tom Zuniga It never rains in southern California. Apparently we’re in a cloudless bubble apart from the rest of the world. Something like LOST island. It’s become commonplace that I wake up each morning an…



