When I was a child there were two words that were unbearable: “NO†and “WAIT.â€Â I have a natural bias against waiting. So when I read in the Scriptures that we are to “wait on the LORD.â€Â I get nervous. I know I cannot comply with the command. In the first place, what did it… Continue reading Waiting for God, Waiting on God
I was an only child for three years before my brother was born. Three more years passed before we played together, so I played by myself. I hid from my mother underneath her sewing machine. The wheel on which the fan belt turned was the steering wheel of my car. On some days, I was… Continue reading Do we have to go to church?
When a Chief Justice proclaims that her appointment is “God’s will,†is she being arrogant and delusional? That was how Chief Justice Sereno was characterized in the press after she said that her appointment to the Supreme Court was God’s will. All over the internet  there were vociferous objections. The objections to her speech centered… Continue reading What is the problem with God’s will?
On Monday, September 10, 2012, as I sat at breakfast at 5:30 am and the kids were preparing to leave for school, I wrote the excuse letters they would have to submit to their teachers. They were absent on Friday because on Thursday, September 6, 2012Â Â the thunderstorm that came between 4-5:30 pm was reminiscent… Continue reading Mothering
On August 13, 2012, Sen. Tito Sotto gave a privileged speech on why he is against the passage of the RH Bill. He cited a personal experience on how taking contraceptives prior to pregnancy caused his wife to lose the child they had conceived after discontinuing the use of contraceptive pills. It would have been… Continue reading Walang Patol: how Sen. Sotto lost his credibility without trying