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this 13 Feb 2013 | 10:13 am
“Lovest thou Me more than this?” The question, originally posed by the Resurrected Lord to Peter over their breakfast of smoked fish, visits me while I digest my Wednesday lunch. “What ‘this’, Lord?” ...
meet kaiyel 6 Jan 2013 | 08:56 am
The icing on the cake of my recent Davao vacation was a little girl named Kaiyel, my brother Bong’s firstborn. When Kaiyel is not injecting or feeding her doll, Momay, she takes pleasure in sneaking u...
this house 4 Jan 2013 | 12:36 pm
I don’t know exactly when I started calling this place of my childhood my parents’ house instead of my house. I just know that after living away from it and staying in several other places — college d...
lots 1 Oct 2012 | 05:59 am
Reflections on Acts 1:15-26 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs...
when september ends 30 Sep 2012 | 08:33 pm
It’s less than an hour before midnight. Very soon another September is going to end. If I turn down the music playing from my computer, I doubtless can hear October’s footsteps from down the hallway––...
traveling thoughts 1 Apr 2012 | 04:18 pm
My work with the publishing house has entailed some travel, both domestic and overseas. And I’m not complaining. I’ve welcomed every business trip with open arms and a hastily packed suitcase. (No mat...
classy 25 Mar 2012 | 04:24 pm
Hear that rusty, creaking sound? Well, that’s me switching my brain to “student mode”. Last week I began a leadership and management course at the Ateneo Center for Continuing Education. I’ll be hurd...
singing a prayer 25 Aug 2011 | 10:14 pm
We’re blind but pray for eyes to see Where we’re bound, Lord, make us free Stained, we plead for purity I believe it is to present-day evangelicalism’s impoverishment that reciting from a prayer bo...
spaghetti, anyone? 12 Aug 2011 | 12:45 pm
Back in college, an American was helping me and my friends explore the Bible. He was a crazy fellow in his thirties who came up with the silliest jokes and the most outrageous stories. And he loved Go...
space for prayer 10 Aug 2011 | 04:03 pm
I’m taking a Davao-bound flight later to attend to some work-related matters in my home city. Whenever in durian city, one of the things I look forward to doing is attend prayer meeting at Davao Chine...
