Category Archives: Spirituality
Beauty All Around Us
There is so much grace and beauty in the world if we would just stop and look a while. And yet, we keep on thrashing our planet; we could end up destroying the only kind of environment that would … Continue reading
Evil Is Real
There is a tendency among religious people to minimize or even romanticize evil away. I myself would sometimes see sin as being part of the human condition, being weak or being incomplete or being imperfect. But there is real evil … Continue reading
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What Should I Ask For?
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Character, Life, Spirituality
Tagged Prayer
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The Wheat and the Weeds
The weeds among the wheat. There seems to be a lot these days. The sower did sow good seeds And yet there those who’ve gone astray. We pray the Lord of the Harvest To still recreate these into good To … Continue reading
Life Will Not Be Denied
Sometimes, I imagine would my life as a field and I would see this patch of dried up and desolate dead flowers, twigs and grass as I zoom in on what I am going through right now. But if I … Continue reading
Vine and Branches
A water faucet will give no water unless it is tapped into a water source. An electric wire has no power unless plugged into a power source. A branch bears no fruits unless if it is rooted into a vine. … Continue reading
On a Wing and a Prayer
Every morning, I make time and space for prayer. Just before the rest of ‘my world’ wakes up, I come to prayer as a total person, turning my attention to the Totally Other Person. I have learned recently that that … Continue reading
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Tagged Peace, Poetry, Prayer
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Live Life in Moments, Not Minutes
One can count time either in minutes or in moments. Minutes are the ticking of the clock, the inevitable passing away of events and opportunities. Moments are the feeling of a heartbeat, the happy unfolding of life with all its … Continue reading
What My Faith Tells Me
The scientists at CERN constructed and used the $50billion LHC to prove the existence of the so-called God particle. I use my Php 500 bible to come to essentially the same conclusion. My faith tells me that there is more … Continue reading
The Heartbeat of the Universe
I love each new day that breaks out with the light of dawn, another chance for life to fully blossom out for me. But I also look forward to the quiet and stillness that night has to offer to roost … Continue reading