If life is a journey, then this year was definitely a rough and broken road. It started like an uphill run. Then, a few meters ahead, you could see the pavement breaking apart. With all the cracks and fissures right at your feet, you have a bad feeling this will not turn out well. But as you look closely, you find something interesting along the cracks. You see signs of life growing right in between them. And it's a reminder that beauty can grow out of brokenness. Like con

Do we ever make space to think about Jesus? My son saw me reading an online post about a man surrendering his life to Jesus. "Daddy, what's his story?" "He was lonely before He met Jesus." "Why was he lonely?" "Because our life is not complete when we don't know Jesus." He paused for a while. Then he said something that surprised me. "Daddy, when I am playing lego I think about Jesus. Because when I stick the bricks together it's like me and Jesus going together. And it means

The church service has just ended and I’m pacing my way out as quickly as possible. A few meters away from the gate, somebody stopped me and said, “Glad to see you at church today, and by the way nice shirt.” I was wearing my The Doors shirt. I gave a quick thanks. Then quickly left. Only a handful of people knew me. And I don’t intend to make friends for now because anonymosity takes off the pressure of being judged as a new church-goer. Except today when you’re wearing a sh

I attended a conference last week about the story of the Bible. And part of the message that stuck with me was the story of the fall. When Adam and Eve fell into sin and God came looking for them, their response was to hide. Then God called them and said, "Where are you?" And here is the part that intrigued me. After telling them the consequences of what they did, God made garments of skin and clothed them. God could've ended it all. But He didn't. Instead, He sacrificed an a

“Lord, iligtas niyo po kami sa bagyo na kagagawan mo.” This was a facebook post a few months ago while our city was battling what could...

“Daddy, I can’t do this anymore. It’s so hard.” It was the last day of the math assessment test and our son was doing well halfway. Not...