Category Archives: Encounter
Signs And Wonders
Anabelle and I went spelunking with some friends up north where we spent the past four days. In recent months, we have been awed by fantastic rock formations in different places. In one cave in Ilagan, Isabel we actually saw … Continue reading
Being a Neighbor: Go and Do Likewise
There is a lot not right in the world today. There is too much hunger and suffering. There is too much violence and injustice. There is too much greed and selfishness. There is not enough forgiveness and forbearance to forget … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginnings, Choice, Service, Suffering
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The Paradox and Challenges of Being a Christ Follower
The restless agitation on one hand and the extreme boredom on the other in people today are symptoms of a deep longing and hunger of something beyond material goods and possessions, an emptiness that cannot be filled with fleeting and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fidelity, Service
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Detachment and Eternity
Try to hold on to a moment and it is gone forever. Never to come again and never ever to be enjoyed. Live the moment and just relish it And it is captured and saved for eternity Etched in the … Continue reading
Faith is a Gift and also a Struggle
Sometimes I wonder if it would have been easier for me to believe and have faith had I lived during the time of Jesus and walked the earth with him, if like the disciples He sent forth, I had been … Continue reading
Salvation for Us Sinners
Christ did not come to write books nor expound a philosophy. Neither did he intend to teach a theology that would be the answer to all of men’s questionings. Instead, he lived to serve others, to teach them how to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Change, Choice
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Thanking and Praising God for the Gift that is Pope Francis
I thank God for the gift that is Pope Francis. Yesterday, he again astounded the world with his interview where he expressed refreshing thoughts on what it means to be a disciple of Christ in this day and age. He … Continue reading
More Things to Enjoy Than There Are To Worry About
The world today has never seen so much affluence, such fantastic developments, so many resources to make lives better and living easier. And yet at the same time, the world has never experienced so much fear, anxiety and uncertainty about … Continue reading
The Two Sons – The Prodigal and The Dutiful
Great music always has a familiar sound to it. The melody sounds like something we have heard before even if we are hearing it for the first time. Great truths also have a familiar ring to them; because we already … Continue reading
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Unique and Special
I have always loved being a teacher I have found great joy and fulfillment in teaching Oh but I hate being directive and dogmatic Truth is universal; but everyone has his own truth I don’t relish being told what to … Continue reading