For months I’ve had a dry cough that was on and off. I have always attributed it to allergic rhinitis, which was a diagnosis from many years ago. Allergy medicines always did the trick. Yet for some reason, the past year saw more of my dry cough spells, and allergy medicines took much longer to
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
We just concluded a two-week series in church about the next generation. And, in a number of services we heard young people take the pulpit and preach to the congregation. A question reverberated in my mind and in my heart days after the preaching. Is your life the summit or is it the seed? I
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