Only people my age remember Lem-O-Lime. It came in an emerald green bottle and I loved to hear it fizzle as I poured it into a tall glass of ice. I loved it so much I wanted to drink Lem-O-Lime every day.   Once my mother made calamansi juice and poured it into a tall glass… Continue reading Lem-O-Lime
On September 25, 2012 the Philippine Daily Inquirer carried a news story of how the illegal ivory trade in Africa is fueled in part by the hunger for ivory idols here in the Philippines. Our country took center stage when the National Geographic magazine published an article that connected the illegal tusk trade with idol… Continue reading Ivory and Idolatry
Yesterday in my freshman Old Testament Survey Class, we were discussing the Wisdom literature: Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. For those who do not know, the Jewish Old Testament is called the Tanakh: the Hebrew word {tanakh] is an acronym that combines the three major divisions of the Old Testament. These are the… Continue reading Inspired, Inspring Inspiration
I’ve had a blog since 2005 but I didn’t know anything about blogs or even thought that it mattered. A Sunday School pupil of mine from many years ago gave me a blog on wordpress two years ago and she set it up so that it would be syndicated to my facebook page.  Her intent… Continue reading My hope and prayer for this blog
When my first baby was grievously ill, a well-meaning Christian came to my house to encourage me.  We prayed together that God would heal the child and we asked for God to open the way for us to find the doctors who can best help the child. After we prayed, I told them that I… Continue reading Claim it?!