For the last 10 months, I had been ambivalent about returning to full-time work. I had a nagging feeling that if I don’t go back to work before I turn 30, I might find myself unemployed for the rest of my life. Aside from that, I was envious of my friends who are going places […]
Two weeks from now, my wife and I are done with the 25-week healing and discipleship program of Living Waters. This is not the end of our journey, though. It is a life-long journey of walking with Christ in the healing of our hearts and helping others take that journey with us. What is […]
Words are powerful. Words can cause hurt or bring healing. It can uplift or discourage the spirit. It can bring peace or cause strife. It can inspire or deaden a heart. Words can make a big difference in a family. Observe your conversations at home. What is your favorite topic at mealtimes? Do you just talk […]
Before 2011 ended, my husband and I received a bad news about our financial investment. We lost a huge amount of money. We are not sure if we can regain what we lost. We had planned to use the money to build our home. But God has a different plan. I don’t know what it […]
A few days before Christmas, I received a call from a former colleague asking if I wanted to cover an event of Habitat for Humanity. I agreed, thankful for the opportunity to work and visit Baseco, an urban poor community in Manila. The event was Habitat’s disaster response, distributing home repair kit to families whose houses […]
What career path should I take? Where should we live? What investments will we make? To which school should we send our children? Whom should I marry? These are some of the tough decisions that we make. Hard decisions are usually not a matter of choosing between what is right and what is wrong, but […]
This site is about the family. All of us have or had a family. Most of our experiences – good or bad – came from our relationships within the family. The influence our family has on our life cannot be denied. We have to cherish its joys. We have to deal with its pains. Yes, the family […]
