• God’s Grace Came Through Suffering 

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    Read: Isaiah 61:1-3 I became fatherless at the tender age of five. But mourning came later; much, much later; gradually, in increments of age and certain occasions.  I mourned years later when I stumbled upon photos of my eight months pregnant mother, my two younger siblings, aged four and three, and the five-year-old me in…

  • As Sure As The Sun Comes Up

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    It was a night not as restful as the previous ones. I get up with a tinge of anxiety in my heart. But I welcome the day, and I welcome the light. One of the things I love doing in the morning is to draw open the six-panel blackout curtains in the pastoral house living…

  • Care for Some Pampering?

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    Who doesn’t want to be pampered? Have you ever splurged on a health and wellness session or product? And you did it because you listened to a little voice inside of you saying, “Come on, just this once. You deserve it. It’s not everyday you get to treat yourself this way.” In Filipino, “Minsan lang…

  • Selfies and SPA

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    What connection do selfies and SPA have? Well, read on. As you know, SPA (Spiritual Place of Accord), is all about soul-care, which is achieved through intentional pursuit of moments of reflection, worship, and prayer to get closer to God. As mentioned before, those moments may be created within different contexts – while commuting, cleaning,…

  • Till I Entered The Sanctuary of God

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    This is the first Sunday of 2024, and, naturally, we dedicate this day to worship with our brothers and sisters in our respective local churches. We drive, commute, or walk to the house of worship, and enter the sanctuary of God. Physically, we step into the church.  In this article, I want to talk about…

  • Soul-Care: What We Need To Do More This Year

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    Let me first greet you all, “A happy and blessed new year!” We can hardly believe it is now 2024! We thank and praise God for spiritually sustaining us last year. This year, it is our earnest desire to continue serving the Lord. Serving God is what we do until rapture. But on this first…

  • Honoring the Time-Setter: The Lord of the New Year

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    Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Typically people welcome the new year with a cacophony of merrymaking noises – boisterous cheers, blaring party blowers, glittering sparklers, dazzling fireworks, and of course, a countdown. The hours leading up to and immediately following this boisterous moment are times of much partying which generally involves dining, drinking, dancing, dallying,…

  • Pause, Ponder, Position for the New Year

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    Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes  Hello, my dear sisters in Christ. A blessed Thursday morning to you all!  The hustle and bustle of the Christmas Season is, for now, at a lull. In a day or two, the hurried climate will again pick up, and will reach its peak at the strike of the new…