Compassionate Considerations

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 with his family and all the myriad things an overseas worker would need [...]

A couple of days ago, a friend posted on his multiply site that he received a copy of that Christian novel The Shack.
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We were about to end the Men’s Conference last Saturday when a colleague showed me an sms on his phone. One of our elder pastors in Southern Luzon died from a cardiac arrest early that morning. Ptr. David Oloya has passed on.
I was on the phone giving instructions to my wife who was [...]

I am sitting on the small veranda of our cottage here at the SEP camp with our dogs (Beans, Toepy and Peanut) occupying their floor positions) – watching DORM 4B and 4G go through their modern dance routine outdoors.   They looked good wearing maroon T-shirt for girls and tealed blue shirts for the boys.   It [...]

Two of the pastoral team members of our little church in Sta Rosa was hospitalized at just about the same time. The first one is fondly called DadFen ( how I got to call him as such is another testimony on its own. The second one is Reuel, about my age, husband to Jing [...]

This is not my original. I came across this back in 2001. However, I could not recall anymore where I got this from.  Thank you, whoever you are for writing this prayer. I have been using this as part of the staff training every summer, and yet, it still gets to me every time.
“I’m our [...]

The meeting ended at 11PM. I guess I was trying my best to “make up” for the many months that I was not able to visit. My last church visit was Dec 2006, and now it is April 2008. 2006 and 2008. It is easy to just say 2 years…. and so in [...]

The mind surrendered to be an intelligent Christian
The heart surrendered to be a loving Christian
The body surrendered to be a useful Christian
The spirit surrendered to be a dynamic Christian
The will surrendered to be an obedient Christian
- Charles Roesel
Lord show me which area of my life have I not fully surrendered for your unhindered use?

excerpts from The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This is one of the most profound statements to represent Christian faith ever written. Bonhoeffer, in the end, paid the “cost” of discipleship with his own life, in the hands of  Hitler.
Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of the church. Our struggle today is [...]

Father of all, we give you thanks and praise
that when we were still afar off
you met us in your Son, and brought us home.
Dying and living, he declared your live,
gave us grace, and opened the gate of glory.
May we who share Christ’s body live his risen life;
we who drink his cup bring life to [...]