I try to have a regular meal out with my mom. Today, we had one of those meals I call #mamadate. We ate at a nice restaurant and ordered a number of items from the menu that we thoroughly enjoyed eating. When she was already having her dessert, she quipped that the server must be
A few days ago I was at a graduates luncheon in one of our churches and I had a great time with those graduates. It was a small intimate gathering; and that luncheon and my conversation with some of the graduates got me thinking about transitions. Transitions in life, at work, in ministry, and in
Today we celebrate Labor Day in the Philippines, and, I have just come from the long weekend “Labor” break. Over the weekend I got to talk to Cathy, one of our worship leaders in church. She was telling us how she already has her dream job, and how she wants to be able to do
This week I had a meeting with one of our engineers and in that meeting he told me about a recent family breakthrough they had. Their relatives had been at odds with one another for decades, and would not mind one another at family gatherings. He told me how emotionally drained he already was. However,
Last weekend I went on a hike to the summit of Mt. Pamitinan in Rodriguez, Rizal with a group of friends. Mt. Pamitinan is 426 meters above sea level. It has a rocky slope, so it wasn’t the easiest of climbs, at least for the not so experienced hikers like ourselves. Needless to say it