In the film, “A Beautiful Mind,” there is a scene where the mathematician and Nobel laureate, John Nash, proposes to his girlfriend. When she says yes, he asks for proof of her love. She responds obliquely by asking him how big is the universe. He says that it is infinite. She then asks for proof … Continue reading Intimate
Quest
As any literature teacher will tell you, there are several things that make a quest, a quest: a) the person taking the quest b) the place where the person needs to go c) the challenges that keep the person from getting there, and d) what the quester learns in the process. The real journey in … Continue reading Quest
No Strangers
Lost is a fairly recent American drama series that ran from 2004 until 2010. The main premise is that airplane crash survivors find themselves stranded in an island. Throughout the seasons, the audience gets to know the backstory of each of the main characters and the choices they made that led them to the island. … Continue reading No Strangers
In Sickness and In Suffering
Nobody wants to be sick. Unless one is a hypochondriac. As an adult, getting the flu, fever, colds, migraines or muscle pains can be a very personal kind of suffering. You're sick enough to get your daily activities and normal disposition disrupted but not really sick enough to merit going to the hospital. You have … Continue reading In Sickness and In Suffering
Home
I grew up in a home where my mother had a devotion to the Sto. Niño. This meant that there was a statue (or two or three) of him in every bedroom, a calendar that highlighted the days of his novena on all our walls, and a small white relic of sorts in all our … Continue reading Home
Amaze Him with Your Faith!
There are only a few moments in the Bible when people amazed God with their faith. There was the Samaritan woman who compared herself to a “dog” and was willing to “eat the crumbs from the master’s table”. There were the friends of the paralytic who displayed relentless faith by boring a hole through the … Continue reading Amaze Him with Your Faith!
Running Empty and a Perfect Recharge
Started the day relaxed, drooling on my sisters’ good finds from her Guam trip. Bags, Shoes, Watch…ohhh, so great a morning. Just one meeting in the afternoon and I’m off to run. After checking emails and several phone calls, all of a sudden, my destiny changed (yup, exag!). I had to run to three meetings … Continue reading Running Empty and a Perfect Recharge
What Does God Do When I Hurt?
One of the most powerful sentences in the Bible could be the shortest: “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35) See that man hunched over by the wall. Leaning. Steadying himself. Weeping. That’s Jesus, the Savior of the World. Not fighting. Not healing. Not preaching. But crying. His dear friend Lazarus just passed away and the sight of … Continue reading What Does God Do When I Hurt?
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