The Surf Soul Journal

Surfing and prayer have more in common than most people expect. It starts with a moment nobody warns you about. You have…

We get asked this a lot: “Is this like a conference?” Short answer: no. Longer answer: the difference between a conference and…

You paddled out. You caught your first wave. Around the night fire, you spoke things out loud that you had been carrying…

The sun is not up yet. The sky is gray-blue, the kind of pre-dawn light that makes the ocean look like mercury.…

This is the first installment of the Surf Soul Minute, an ongoing Christian surf devotional for retreat alumni and anyone who finds…

You have done the conference retreat. The hotel ballroom with the portable sound system. The breakout sessions with the whiteboards. The worship…

I wiped out fourteen times on my third day of surfing. I know because someone was counting. I did not ask them…

There is no worship music. No teaching. No stage. Just fire and the sound of the Pacific and the faces of people…

Most couples retreats ask you to sit across from each other and talk about your relationship. That has its place. But a…

I didn’t learn to pray in a church. I mean, I learned the mechanics there: the bowed head, the closed eyes, the…