Worshipping the Lord in the same church, Christian And Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines (CAMACOP), for the past 45 years, I c...

One of the events on writing I was invited to this month of November gathered a crowd of 100, composed of college students taking up educat...

To the delight of children’s book authors, the Department of Education (then headed by Secretary Armin Luistro) in 2011 declared, as one of ...

“Miss, we can’t hear you!” a loud voice from one of my online students boomed, startling my face-to-face class. They roared as though it was...

 These leaves complete their 16th year this month. I didn’t plan it that way.  When I started blogging in November 2006 , I thought I couldn...

How’d you like the chicken cooked?  Neck.  What’s your favorite chicken dish?  Neck.  Should we order fried chicken?  Neck. However you reph...

Every morning after breakfast, Tony and I have this ritual (not by choice, but by force of circumstances) at our terrace. With our piping-ho...

 After leaving the super-stressful-and-strenuous workplace, I thought nothing could get my goat ever again.  Nary a thing (not even paid tro...

Since I began attending Sunday school (SS) as a little girl in our small church in the province to this day, the Lord has guided my growth b...

Had I written a blog two days ago, as I itched to do, it would have been a piece of disgrace. My mood was mercurial; a low-grade fever and s...

To celebrate The International Day of Older Persons on October 1, I wiped the dust off an old column I wrote for The Freeman newspaper (Ceb...

Next to Mathematics, History was my least favorite subject. I loathed memorizing dates and people’s names.  On the other side of the spectru...

Like any professor, I impress upon my students that for any class work, preparation is non-negotiable.  “There are three ways by which you c...

“Have you written a book on gratefulness?” an old friend from Childlink Learning Center and Childlink High School , Inc. in Cebu messaged me...

Critical thinkers are curious and reflective. They ask questions—a battery of questions.    I am oversimplifying it. But if those are the qu...

Many things can change in one day. Imagine then the slew of changes in 1,095 days, since the last Manila International Book Fair ( MIBF 2019...

Martial Law has but one color: black as black can be.   The lights went off on September 21, 50 years ago, when Martial Law (ML), through Pr...

This lovely little girl spells her name without an E, but in my heart of hearts, I see the E — three E’s in fact, and all in caps: Engaging,...

If I were to express that, it’d be, “My cup runneth over,”  the King James Version of Psalm 23, which I memorized as a little girl, and stil...

Tennis enthusiasts know all about Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is regarded by many as the most prestigious. One...

“What is most satisfying for me about painting,” remarked Calvin, a Christian landscape painter, “is looking at an empty canvas. Then, when ...

A bodyguard is usually armed and works as a personal security officer who protects his client from such threats as assault, kidnapping, and ...

Any corporation with a scheduled election of new officers usually sends all members a formal notice. It states the date, time, and place of ...

“Almost there!” is an optimistic cry, triumphant even. It celebrates the fact that we are about to complete a job, solve a problem, or reach...