In our study of women in the Bible, we usually focus on those whose names have gained prominence because of their important roles. To name a...
Boxing/wrestling aficionados or not, we all know what low blow means. It is an illegal strike below the opponent’s waist—unsportsmanlike and unfair. The phrase has since...
With practically everyone in the world wired to technology, there is no information, name, person, book, idea, disease, item, foreign word, slang—you name it—that you can’t...
Tattoos go back thousands of years. Humans have marked their bodies since ancient times. Tattoos then served many purposes: amulets, status symbols, signs of love and...
Patience: a word derived from the Latin verb “patior” that means, to suffer. Ergo, patience is the inner strength to bear what gets our goat with...
Has the world of children turned dark while I was sleeping? I recently conducted another Creative Writing Workshop for kids ages 8-12. This batch had an...
Patience was what I tried to summon for two weeks, but miserably failed. Within those dates, I had alternately cajoled, instructed, and warned one of my...
Five years ago, I blogged about the 24/7 noise inside my ears—tinnitus—a symptom that my hearing was slowly leaving me. The noise is still there. Whether...
Being a principal sponsor or witness (ninang) in a wedding is, for me, a big responsibility. I take it seriously especially because the pastor usually asks...
Long ago, when I was a starving art student in Chicago, my small circle of Filipino friends, all faith brethren, and I would treat ourselves to...
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