A threshing floor is a flat and hard surface where farmers loosen the edible from the inedible parts of grains. The location of this floor is in a windy place so that the inedible parts can be easily blown away. There are seasons in our lives when we may feel that we are in a threshing floor where everything that is not needed is being beaten out ( Read more... )

My friend/brother Tong and I decided to have some bonding time last night to catch up on each other's lives. We always had this tradition of updating each other as we go through different stages in life. We talked about his plan of leaving his present job because he "wanted to set himself apart from a culture of greed". Hmmm... a brave move indeed ( Read more... )

After experiencing the bashing of a strong hurricane in Texas, U. S. A., my female best friend will be coming home to the Philippines this month to attend the wedding of her sister. She is moving from surviving a hurricane to celebrating a wedding feast.

Sometimes, events in our lives make us feel like we are in the middle of a hurricane where ( Read more... )