compassion
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Go easy on me 2022.
2021 has been a very tough year. My 2021 accomplishment is that I’m still alive. I finally graduated in 2021. It was a virtual ceremony because of the pandemic. While it was a moment that was supposed to bring me joy for accomplishing quite a feat (I mean it’s not every day one gets a Continue reading
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The Return of the Prodigal Blogger
It has been awhile since I have last blogged. I guess that’s what happens when one has to deal with conference presentations, dissertation proposals, and the looming deadline of writing the actual dissertation. But, those are all excuses. At the end of the day, I’m just bad at time management. Sigh. Well, I’m about to Continue reading
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Theology Thursday – When fear is no longer a reaction, but a willful action
A picture taken by Magnus Wennman from a collection called “Where The Children Sleep”, which showcases the life of refugee kids after their flight from their homeland, Syria. Like most people, I was shocked, angered, disheartened, and incredibly saddened by the recent horrific violent scenes coming out from Paris. I was at a book launch Continue reading
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On the importance of marriage
Last week, I had the honour and privilege of attending the wedding of two amazing individuals, Peter (Mahaffey) and Gracie (Villanueva). I have been to a lot of weddings but this wedding definitely stood out. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a wedding before where God was the underlying theme of the whole ceremony Continue reading
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Secede in te ipsum
I once had a blog that I titled “Secede in te ipsum”. I was reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and it was talking about the need to retreat within ourselves so that we can know ourselves. For me, since social media plays such a big part of my life, sometimes I have to pull back Continue reading
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Reflections on Good Friday
A lot of the times, I really do feel that everything in Christianity is just so incredibly messed up in comparison to how the world normally works. Normally, people want to live. And yet, Jesus says that if we truly want to live, we have to die first. A lot of us would avoid pain Continue reading
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