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Vital Signs for a Deeper Life

with our Chaplain

Kintsugi

For years I’ve been intrigued by Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese craft of repairing broken pottery with gold-laced glue. Rather than trying to disguise where something has been broken...
Len Kinzel, the chaplain, holding up his bluetooth speaker.

HAL and Dust

I have been a Word Nerd my whole life, and I am more fascinated than ever by some of the words in Genesis. At the pinnacle of Creation, we’re introduced to...
Grace is a photograph by Eric Enstrom. It depicts an elderly man (named Charles Wilden) with hands folded, saying a prayer over a table with a simple meal.

With Us

As I continue to learn the original languages of the Bible, I grow more intrigued by all the different ways people have tried to capture its words. I recently came across a book that...
Len Kinzel, sierra view homes' chaplain

A former radio journalist, Len Kinzel spent 28 years in South America, including 18 years as senior pastor of an international church in Ecuador, before God transplanted him and Beth in California. Len holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in pastoral ministry and is an incurable reader and lifelong student. He is especially interested in learning more about God’s design for the human brain and where faith, aging, loss, and ordinary life meet.