Even to hard-core believers, sometimes God doesn’t make sense.   This, in essence, was what I gleaned from our pastor’s message one Sunday. ...

Mothers might have invented the term “multitasking" long before it made its way to the dictionary. From pregnancy to childbirth, unti...

February, the shortest month of the year, unpacked big events in succession: Valentine’s day; Chinese New Year; International Book Giving Da...

Happy New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai! In the restaurant where we dined last night, New Year's eve, about 99% of the people were wearing red. T...

That’s the theme of the Valentine’s event where I was invited to speak. It’s been dubbed the love banquet. What is there to talk about on ...

Since I took up writing as a second career, I have shunned buying gifts other than books. Not all enjoy books as much as I do, but the delig...

Let's go on a heart diet today, the day of hearts. It's good for, well, our heart. (And for me, it's kind to my tummy, too.)  ...

There is a girl named February—probably the only person on earth named such. However, she wants to be called Febe, instead of February.  N...

She requested me to arrange their meeting after 40 years. She was a balikbayan from the US; he never left Philippine shores. “When I saw ...

Gloria (not her real name) had a dream: to be a movie actress like Vilma Santos. She had the looks and a natural flair for acting. Unfo...

For me, one the most stirring books about a father-son relationship ever written in modern history is “Dear Father, Dear Son” (Two lives . ....

When my brother Matt arrived from babysitting his grandson in the US, he regaled us with stories of his interesting domestic chores. For six...

In a clear, distinct voice and impeccable diction, Pastor Moe—already an authoritative and a riveting speaker in his 20s—tackled Psalm 90, p...

These are two words that spell, all caps, DANGER.  They have been our staple in our Sunday School class in church over the last few weeks....

January 1 started with a bang—from a bottle of laxative. It was the first step in the preps for my scheduled virtual colonoscopy (or CT co...

About this time every year, I write about the annual reunion where I say “Goodbye” to the old year and “Hello” to the new one.  Kinda predic...

Some people are not aware that this statement comes from the Bible, and said by Jesus Himself. Which is why we often hear different individu...

One new coined word that still has to make it to the dictionary is thanksliving. Before it could, reams of pages have already been written ...

Let me end the year with an edited excerpt of my regular column, Big Little People , published yesterday in The Freeman , the daily newspape...

It rained hard on Christmas eve, flooding the road fronting our house. Our 11-year-old, beat-up car wouldn’t start. So through the flood a...

Except for household chores and cooking, all other tasks belong to me. Preparing our yearly Christmas card, therefore, falls under my jurisd...

This word has become so common in net-speak. I wondered about it the first time I read it in a post on FB. Mr. Webster defines it as: a loud...

In 1925, long before I was born, Severino Reyes —founder and editor of the Tagalog magazine, Liwayway —started writing Kuwento ni Lola Basya...

(Devotional reflections on Christmas at the last get-together for the year of the Christian Writers' Fellowship)    Let me begin by sh...

Years wreak havoc on one's face and body. Like violent storms, they leave you physically ravaged. This you’d never find out once you bel...

At dawn, the first living organism I lock eyes with is, yes, a black cat. We are both early risers. It glares at me and I glare back. It see...

Call for entries! Media Associates International (MAI) has announced: “Help us encourage Christian writers worldwide. Submit an original...

In recent years, there has been a surge of single-parent and extended families. The nuclear family (defined as a group that includes only th...