
āBut he would withdraw to desolate places and prayā (Luke 5:16). Jesus did this oftenĀ āĀ even when “conventional” leadership wisdom would have held thatĀ HeĀ should keep going. He...

This story runs backwards. Stay with me. APRIL 19, 2016.Ā In the middle of Changi Airport, where I was bound for Boracay on my ad agencyās annual holiday,Ā I stared at a WhatsappĀ message on my...

Over Christmas, I got a chance to rewatch The Nativity StoryĀ (2006), a movie based on the story of Jesusā birth. Among other things, it stars Oscar Isaac (who was also in Star Wars: The Force...

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.Ā An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were...

We’re allĀ well acquainted with the mixed feelings that surge through our spirits as December peeks around the corner.Ā Mixed, because even without the cosiness of firelit, snow-covered houses...

2016 has been a difficult year for some āĀ not me specifically, but about the World; humankind. I just Googled āmajor events that took place in 2016ā and these are just some of the things I...

I saw myself on stage, standing in front of hundreds, maybe thousands of people. I never told anyone, but I wanted to do big things for Jesus and I thought I knew what that looked like. I could see...

Everyone thirsts. It is that deep, raw, sometimes torturous feeling of being parched; a pain so central to the human experience that no man is excused from it. It has become so commonplace that Iām...

As I was about to leave the house for dinner, I heard the distinct meow of my cat ā from the drain outside my house. I shone my phoneās flashlight into the drain but saw nothing. After some time...