Year: 2026
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Today, I was reminded of our need to “remain humble” in reading the Bible, and not use it “to seek ammunition for the side of an argument we already stand on,” because we’ll surely find one. Instead, we must “seek the wisdom that comes when we listen humbly to all the different voices arising in…
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When we arrived at JCAH Beach Resort, known for kiteboarding in Araceli, Palawan, we noticed many dogs running around. One that particularly caught our attention was a small long-haired mocha dog. She was extra giddy in welcoming us, as if we had already been friends, which is why we quickly opened our hearts and felt…
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The moral basis for living in freedom
3–5 minutesI was in college when I learned to memorize the 10 commandments. It was when my sister and I attended an evening service and the Pastor challenged us to memorize the 10 commandments through the aid of our fingers, telling us that His goal was to send us home having the 10 commandments memorized. I…
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When things don’t go as we hope they would be, it might be too tempting to blame everyone else but ourselves. Doesn’t it make us feel better to be the victim of our situation, instead of having the agency to think of ways on how to get out of it? Because if we are the…
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I would have wanted to be lost in the work. But I caved in to cheap pleasures. And so I let the day go by, rolling over the bed—in and out of consciousness, then out of the bed but still mentally hollow—allowing myself to be consumed by nothing in particular but everything that goes through…
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Today’s Bible reading reminded me to say “It’s not too late” when I am tempted to be cynical or give up amid delays and disappointments. With my dreams seemingly impossible in human terms—or my mind can’t simply grasp an idea beyond the now—I would have laughed at that too when I was told that it…
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Dear reader from the future, I am writing this in yet another season of waiting in my life. Waiting—the kind I used to resist. But perhaps the difference this season is that the destination is clearer than it was a year or two years ago. I’d like to believe that I am now able to…
jessa 