THE month of February usually evokes the theme of love since it’s when we mark Valentine’s Day. This event—quite embarrassing to admit, given our Christian identity—would even overshadow the spirit of Ash Wednesday that starts the Lenten season. Actually, these two events need not compete with...
YES, we have to learn how to handle praises and accolades that may come our way. Since we often are motivated to do our best in whatever task we do, it’s very likely that sooner or later, one way or another, we would be receiving...
IF we live by our Christian faith, we know that holiness is the ultimate and constant purpose of our life. It is what we should pursue and achieve consistently and unrelentingly in anything that we do—from our thoughts and intentions, to our words and deeds,...
WE need to know and to develop the right accepting attitude in our life. Things can get so complicated that if we do not know what this right accepting attitude is, we surely would be lost. We know that there are things that are beyond our...
THIS is the burning question at the moment. While the general response should be, yes, we should, there are serious questions and issues raised around this matter. It’s usually the public officials who are pushing the official line that we should get vaccinated. And I...
THAT’S a question we can ask ourselves as we celebrate the 500 years of Christianity in our country. After 500 years, we have reason to believe that we have somehow “arrived” at a significant level of Christian life. The drama involved in that period must...
WE have to learn to distinguish among these three terms which play important and distinctive roles in our life. We have to know which one is most important to us and which ones play some secondary but helpful roles. To start, a mediator is like a...
IF we are truly followers of Christ, then whatever we give to others, especially to God, is done without counting the cost. It should purely be gratuitous, given as a gift. If our understanding of giving is that of a gift, we would know that what...
THAT’S how our love should be. It should be stable and firm in all kinds of weather and season in life. It should remain alive and throbbing in any circumstance and condition. It should be universal in scope, excluding no one in its concern. Whether at...
WE have to be wary of this danger that is clearly becoming widespread. Self-indulgence is a constant threat, especially these days when good and evil are so mixed up that we would mostly likely be left confused and easily taken by sweet poisons that today’s...