Category Archives: Encounter
Recognizing the Presence in My Life
I am often amazed how I can choose not to be tied down to where I am or to the situation I am in. In the moments just before sleep, I love to go over the day and remember the … Continue reading
Visits
One of the things I truly loved and appreciated in Ima is her practice of always going out of her way to visit friends and family. I remember during Christmas day, we would always make the rounds of families and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Doing good, Gratitude
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Circles of Love
Our wedding anniversary yesterday was quiet. It was just another ordinary day. Like, we spent most of the afternoon catching up on sleep. But it was loud and busy on social media. Throughout the day and through out the world, … Continue reading
Recognizing God’s Loving Presence
We went out biking as a family yesterday afternoon: a young couple and their two young children with two grandparents tagging along. Nothing really extraordinary, nothing earth-shaking nor game changing. Yet, I saw God’s hand as the love and the … Continue reading
Venturing Into the Mystical
In the quantum world of subatomic particles, time and space become irrelevant. As photons travel at the speed of light, space and time become a blur, almost non-existent, a non-issue. In the vast universe, almost infinite in its immensity, time … Continue reading
Spirit Synergy
Synergy is an astonishing concept: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It has its applications in many aspects of life. There is drug synergy where two drugs combined are able to combat more pathogens than just … Continue reading
Walking the Road to Emmaus
The Emmaus story has always been a source of endless inspiration for me. Three figures walking on a long and dusty road, talking about recent events in their lives, two burdened with sorrow, the other listening with a caring heart … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Encounter, Photography, Presence, The Good News
Tagged Blessings, Easter, Grace, Miracles
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Real or Imagined Conversation?
As I was praying this morning and reflecting on today’s gospel reading, I found myself having this conversation with God: I said: “Lord, it is wonderful to be here, to be alive. I am grateful you give me one day … Continue reading
Seek And Find
Sunflowers turn to follow the sun. Rivers flow till they reach the sea. Birds fly south to keep warm in the winter. Beasts search far and wide to find watering holes. Fish come back to where they were born to … Continue reading
I Have Seen The Lord
When loved ones die and are gone, we try our best to keep their memories alive so that they can still be with us even if we do not see them bodily anymore. I keep Ima and Tatang alive in … Continue reading