When I was still green in the workplace, wise people I looked up to would always advise me,  “Nobody is indispensable.” They were teaching...

Once a year, for two hours, I lose my bangs, my trademark. My whole body is swathed in black, making me look obese. I literally and figur...

I was outraged when I read this news yesterday. And I continue to seethe. “Three-year-old Philippine Eagle named Pamana [heritage] was fo...

In the advertising world, a TV ad is not done till you actually see it on TV. Even after the ad has been given a standing ovation and appr...

We met up to see the new condo unit of our friend, Dolly, on the 50th floor. Up in the clouds, we gasped at the breathtaking view beneath an...

Ehud, the Assassin That would make a perfect title for a bestselling book thriller adapted into a movie or a Broadway play. Ehud’s story, ...

The text message surprised me. It came from a name (let’s call her Eve) I could hardly recall. But her words were intriguing. Anything that ...

In modern history, there are several monarchs or leaders whose reign did not last very long. The shortest rule ever recorded is that of Luís...

Adrian , the smart little boy who happens to be my one and only grandson, blew into town, blessing us with the privilege of doting on him fo...

After three posts on nondescript Bible characters, let's shine the spotlight on one major player: Thomas. A very compelling scene in t...

(This post was originally written for the OMFLit blog page to celebrate National Children's Book Day, today. I am re-posting it here fo...

Oddballs playing cameo roles are thrown in the Bible here and there. What is their significance? If at all.  These character actors are wo...

Elishama who?! He is another one of those cryptic characters in the great God-breathed play, the Bible. The thing that makes Elishama no...

What delights me most about my chronological Bible (Christmas gift from JC) is that it is arranged like it were a play, beginning with Act 1...

"The Bible is nothing but a compilation of speculations, inconsistencies, long-winded stories, and unproven theories written by mortals...

My friend Rose loves music—so much that she can sing, play the keyboard, and compose songs in a wink. She conducts the choir in her home chu...

My one and only grandchild, Adrian, has planed in from the US. I can't imagine a more exciting month! It's grace beyond telling. A...

Four peppy words from an old, old camp song, which we used to sing with gusto, defined me—and they still do, or so I think.  As one steps cl...

The paid workforce runs under stress and duress. That’s why workhorses need to chill out or go nuts. This I can say with authority, having...

This post has nothing to do with labor prior to childbirth. I can’t remember that far, far back. It’s about that one day when all of me was ...

How productive are your meetings? Do you really spend more time discussing the major issues, or do you dwell on the trivial ones?  I’ve at...

There’s nothing I look forward to more than meeting old friends—those who figured largely in my past; those who never made it easy for my br...

I have known Abigail since she was in her mother's womb. The Lord had just taken her dad, without whose physical presence she would gr...

Our twins, Maika and Nikka, are now as tall as I am. And they just turned 11! They are not our own children, but the use of "our...

Two things always make me uncomfortable: one, self-promotion; and, two, discussion about money. “Which is why you will never be rich,” my ...

Eight posts ago, I blogged about summer beginnings —my unfinished paintings. The scorching days were then just starting to assault us withou...

Whenever I receive a gift painstakingly made by the giver, a huge smile escapes my lips. It means so much more than the gift itself. The giv...

Silent and listen have exactly the same letters. One is an anagram of the other.  Not only are they inter-related, they are also inter-dep...

By its sheer splendor, a rainbow always renders me speechless; it makes me remember God’s covenant with Noah after the great flood: “When ...

Sometime ago, a friend of mine, an adviser of a university campus paper (on its 10th anniversary), requested me to write a message to encour...

Are you familiar with Parkinson’s Law? (Yes, the law, not the disease.)   I heard about this law for the first time in one of those casual...