GOD GIVES you something and you let out a close fist instead of an open palm. All the blessings God gave you fell of your tight fist. You ended up getting nothing. God is generous and because of that, I have always resolved to keep my hands open and ready to ...
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WHAT IF you'll die now? Have you ever thought about it? Let's deal with it because we are all getting there; it is not something someone rich, famous, influential, intelligent, beautiful, good, or well-loved can evade. We will all die eventually. The crucial question is, are we ready for it? To answer ...
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WHEN I was a kid, my favorite Bible Story was that of David and how -- with his sling and a stone -- he defeated the mighty Philistine giant, Goliath, and saved the people of Israel. From then on, I viewed David as a hero and realized that it is not who ...
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THERE ARE three things I would always remember about my Dapitan City experience: Hudyaka Festival, Driving Around the City, and my Rediscovery of Rizal. When I arrived in Dapitan City as part of My Summer Road Trip Around Mindanao, I settled at Harohoy sa Baybayon along Sunset Boulevard and had dinner ...
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SERIOUSLY, A lot of people would think that it is insane to travel around Mindanao because of fears of getting kidnapped, ambushed and (insert some more gory, terrorizing words here) . Last week, I have just traveled across five regions in the island of Mindanao -- via public transport -- ...
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WHEN SIR Rolando and I went to the Barangay Hall of Poblacion Alabel yesterday to follow up on the support we are asking for our Bottle School Project, we noticed that travelling merchants were already starting to put up their stalls at the vacant lot beside the Gymnasium. Then I ...
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EVERYONE LOOKED forward to the start of a new decade and we are now on the second day of 2011. Yes. Pinch yourself, the year 2011 is finally here. What I like about New Year's Day is that it always appears to me as another chance to redeem ourselves had we ...
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IF THERE are people I will never ever forget, my friends from Pathways T'nalak Youth Group will be first on the list. A big chunk of the kind of person I am today was formed while I was working with them. They are the ones whom I could say I ...
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