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Deeper in Grace…. thank you SEP LUZON Staff!
We just wrapped up the youth camp for Luzon yesterday. 106 campers and 40 staff gathered in Villa Julia from May 12 – 16 for the Summer Enrichment Program of Grace Communion International. “Deeper in Grace” was the theme. During … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Father, acceptance, camp, care, christianity, discipleship, emotional searching, friendship
Tagged Filipino youth, SEP LUZON, Summer Enrichment Program, youth ministry
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QHS Batch 83 – IV Abad Santos:Thank you for the awesome friendship!
25 years after our highschool graduation, it was awesome to finally see some of my best set of friends in highschool. We drifted apart after graduation and since cellphones, internet, FB and other social networking sites were not in existence … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, friendship, personhood
Tagged Class reunion, Highschool friends, QHS83, Quirino High School
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Is your personhood defined by roles or by relationships?
I was one of the facilitators for a Semestral Inset training for 200 teachers and school administrators of Sibalom South District in Antique province. It was my first time to have an interaction with 200 teachers who came from 13 … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, christianity
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How we unwittingly, or otherwise, break the hearts of the young ones…
The previous blog talked about how my heart gets broken by the younger generation. One good question to ask is this “But how are we unwittingly breaking their hearts?” Many times, adults are not aware of how their behaviors and … Continue reading
Offering sincere apologies
The small featured article on Fox Channel last night really caught my interest. The book by author Gary Chapman called The Five Languages of Apology. Chapman also authored the bestseller book entitled “Five Love Languages.” I have been thinking of … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, christianity, counseling
Tagged Church, communication, family dynamics, friendship, Gary Chapman, healing damaged relationships, interpersonal conflict resolution, offering apologies, receiving forgiveness, relationships, restitution, sincerity in our apologies
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Serenity Prayer
This is my first post for 2009. The Christmas break is ending soon and it seemed like it just came and went. Now the Christmas lantern needs to be taken down and other christmas decors need to be put away. … Continue reading
Posted in Word of God, acceptance, battles, being loved, counseling, faith, weariness
Tagged AA, benediction, blessing, encouragement, God, grace, gratitude, healing, hope, prayer, serenity prayer, surrender
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Encouragement from my younger brothers
Yesterday morning when I checked my phone for any messages that were sent through the night, there was one message sitting there from one of the youth leaders that I have mentored. His text said “thanks for prayers. Now I … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, brothers, careers
Tagged brotherly love, Christian brothers, email, encouragement, family, God's love, love, OFW, overseas, worship team, youth
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I was serenaded last night!
Well, I was twisting and turning…. because I was playing Jawbreakers on my Ipaq last night trying to make myself sleepy as I connect all those colorful balls when i started hearing a guitar being faintly strummed. My wife woke … Continue reading
My younger brother is OUTWARD BOUND…
A young friend took off for the United States today. His flight left at 10:30 AM today. I did not get to see him anymore the past couple of days as he was also busy getting his things prepared, being … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus Christ, acceptance, counseling, family, guided conversation, mentoring, servanthood
Tagged accountability, counseling, grace, guided conversation, life, life directions, mentoring, OFW, overseas work, prayer, protection, questions, religion, responsibilities, selfless-ness, shipping job, younger brother
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The Shack – “tragedy confronts eternity” a powerful, disturbing, intrusive yet gentle read…
A couple of days ago, a friend posted on his multiply site that he received a copy of that Christian novel The Shack. The rest of the article has been moved to this link. Please click on the link to … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus Christ, acceptance, being loved, care, family, servanthood
Tagged Bestseller novel, blessing, christian novel, Church, compassion, emotions, eternity, feedback, fiction, God's character. love, Holy Spirit, images of God, Jesus Christ, novel review, pain, paradigm shift, perception, Perichoretic union, reaction, reality, redemption, representation of God, tehology of God, The Shack, tragedy, Trinitarian life, Trinity, virtues, William Young
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