One of the best lessons my parents taught me was to honor them because God commanded it. My dad would consistently say, “Honor us even if you don’t want to because God blesses that.” This seemed very self-serving at the time. I would think, “Well...
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 Of all the Ten Commandments, none spark more passionate debate than this one. The others may trigger with...
Last week was different from my usual schedule. I went for a check-up on Monday and found out that I had shingles. If you wanna gross yourself out, google it. Shingles is what you get when you get infected with the virus that causes chicken pox...
I just came from a lunch where a few of our senior leaders honored Pastor Luther Mancao. After decades of service in the Philippines, he’s now going to help our Every Nation churches in the Middle East. Pastor Luther is many things: The...
It’s past midnight, but I don’t feel like sleeping. That’s because Carla and Philip are at a resort with my in-laws. I usually have to play Tetris around their bodies, as both of them like to toss and turn throughout the night...
Yesterday I blogged about my thoughts during our longest wait ever at immigration and passport control. It came right after a fifteen hour journey that included Philip being cranky, tired, even having a pretty severe allergic reaction. A long...
I was reading a comic the other day and found myself relating to Odin, Thor’s dad. Here’s the background: Odin is the highest Norse god. His son is Thor, the god of thunder, smasher of coffee mugs. In the Fear Itself series, their great...
It’s late. I’ve had a long but great day at work and with my family. So I don’t have time to write a new blog. But here are some old blogs from last year up to 4 years ago. All of them are under the theme of FAMILY. Enjoy! ...
Pretty bushed with all the traveling, so it’s just a photo essay for today! (It ended up taking more effort though.) Thank you Carla for dressing Philip, Mandy for entertaining him, and Philip’s butt for being such a cute canvas!
While having lunch with some officemates last Saturday, I was asking our newest team member about his family. I’ve known Reuel Canda and his family for seven years. They always struck me as the kind of Christians who don’t draw a lot of...