Politics Is Chaotic

Among 180 countries in the world, the Philippines ranks 115th in the 2023 Corruptions Perceptions Index of the international social group Transparency International. This ranking is based on the experts’ and business sectors’ perceptions of the public sector of the country. We got a score of 34 out of 100. 0 means clean, and 100…

Zeeb the Ox (7)

The Bovidae army marched toward the other camp, and every soldier looked their fiercest. Their swords, daggers, and spears were ready to aim at anyone who would attack them. Their shields were firm to protect them from any harm that they would encounter, and everyone was on their feet. With one shout, they would dash…

Zeeb the Ox (5)

“It’s not what you think,” the human boy affirmed. “It’s been a year that we have been suffering, well, most of us.” As the boy talked, his eyes were welling up with tears. “Well, it started when our leader wanted something different. He wanted violence. It’s like he wanted everything to be clean, which is…

The World and Its Many Fickle Ways

The world is never a safe place. It’s changing too fast, and there are times when the change is unnecessary. There is a change that corrupts the good and a change that doesn’t age well. We all agree with what the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “The only constant in life is change.” Again, not all…

The Pharisees

We may not drape a long white robe,But we cover truth with white lies.We may not stand against Jesus,But we stand so far from His Word.We may not fast from food often,But we stick to old, soiled habits.Our hands may be free on Sabbath,But on Sundays our minds wander.We may not ask signs of His…

Main Town (2)

The man in the basement of Mrs. Gomez was her husband. There was one time when the husbands were given a chance to leave Main Town or confine themselves in that large prison camp. Mrs. Gomez tried to isolate Mr. Gomez in a well that was fixed firmly in their backyard. It’s soiled, mossed, and…

“Woke”

According to Merriam-Webster, “WOKE means being aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)”. When one is “woke“, there is consideration, discernment, and love. Indeed, these qualities embraced in modern society are impressively kind and beneficial to victims of discrimination. However, what I have been observing…

Flimsy and Lame

2 Timothy 3:1-5 says, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more…

Since March 13

March 13, that was a Friday I could still remember… My mind blacked out The future I envisioned was all dark Death with its scythe Grinning, coming to pull me in Then a light flashed Angels flying with their arms wide open Welcoming me in a white chamber All those happened in just a split…

The New Normal: Online Church Service

I could still vividly remember the emotions and the scene when it was announced in school that it was the last day of the school year. It was so sudden and some of my plans for me and for my students would go down into the drain. Also, on the same day, I had learned…