Thoughts of an Emigrant

Fish and ocean

FISH play an important role in nutrient cycles because they store a large proportion of...

Fear of Getting Older

FOR some, it’s a fear of the physical changes that come with aging. For others...

Family As Sacrament

LIVING in the Philippines since 1999 for good, I found out about this. I learned...

Faith? Hope? Charity?

SOMETIMES, we might ask ourselves: What is the sense of doing this and that? What...

Every man for himself

AND OF COURSE: every woman for herself. It’s used for saying that everyone needs to...

Erring

TO err is human – to forgive is divine. The British poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744)...

Erring

MISUNDERSTAND, misinterpret, especially so as to take offense. For example, I don’t want you to...

Dreams are but shadows

I dream of a better world. A world without war and only peace. Without hunger...

Do You Pray?

GOD always listens and often provides the specific answers and guidance we seek. Even when...