California
Where prayers come in waves
Surf Chapel is front-page news in today’s Los Angeles Times:
On such a gray, nippy morning, most self-respecting college students would pull the covers over their heads and languish for a couple of extra hours in the sack.
Today’s Los Angeles Times But Asa Miller drove 30 miles from Simi Valley to greet the dawn at Zuma Beach.
After spending six years in the Navy, Miller sometimes feels at sea as a 24-year-old freshman at Pepperdine University in Malibu. That’s why he heads to Surf Chapel, a weekly convocation on the sand, to help him get his bearings — by combining a little bit of God and a little bit of wave action.
“Surf Chapel is a chance to refocus the soul and mind,” Miller said. “Being by the beach in the morning gives me perspective, reminding me of my place.”
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and John all tell of the miracle of Jesus walking on the Sea of Galilee. Nowhere do they mention surfing.
Pepperdine is associated with Churches of Christ.
See The Christian Chronicle’s recent story on the “Next Gen Preacher Search,” hosted by Pepperdine.
