As I write this, the buzzword that is now getting much attention is about the "new normal" once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is about how people will adapt to the new environment that is being shaped by a crisis. As it now stands, we do not know when all of...
Reflections on the COVID19 Quarantine Experience
As I write this, we are past our third week of a month-long enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus. For many people, this quarantine experience is a nightmare. Tensions run high and paranoia hits everyone when they go out...
Oyayi Episodes Now Available on YouTube!
Oyayi, a collaboration between CBN Asia, Inc. and the National Council for Children's Television (NCCT), is proud to announce that its Season 1 episodes will start to be available on YouTube starting April 6. According to the CBN Asia website, www.cbnasia.org, "FREE...
Five Virtues the Philippines Need During this COVID-19 Crisis
As of this writing, thousands of Filipinos have gone positive for COVID-19, the virus that is sweeping the world like nothing else before. Just this fact alone can cause anxiety and undue stress to so many people, especially those struggling with mental health issues....
The Seven Types of People in Your Social Media Feed
You have seen at least one or two of them, people who are expressing their feelings over social media, most especially, in your Facebook news feed. And it's understandable; these are very trying times. We may not have even seen the worst yet. The Bible promises that...
Why You Should Start a Devotional this 2020!
The New Year is always a great time to begin doing something purposeful, like starting a planner, a journal or a new devotional. This is probably due to the fact that these activities are time or date based and the fact that many planners, devotionals and journals...
My Utang-Free Diary Book Review
My Utang-Free Diary is Chinkee Tan’s third installment in his Diary ng Pulubi series of books with a fourth and possibly final one to arrive later next year. Sir Chinkee is in his usual witty self in the book as he writes in the vernacular (Tagalog) and in an easy to...
Actress Bettinna Carlos Launches New Book
Media personality, actress, entrepreneur, and single mom, Bettinna Carlos, officially presented to the media her first book under OMF Literature, Heartbreaks and Breakthroughs Making Sense of God’s Purpose for Pain. The book shares Bettinna’s journey from sickness to...
Take Heart, Letters of Faith, Hope, and Love Book Review
For a small book, Take Heart, Letters of Faith, Hope, and Love, has…heart. Written by 13 ladies and a gentleman, all millennials and, quite appropriately, for millennials. I initially read 4 chapters (don’t worry they’re short) and my gut reaction was: Why are they...
10 Things a Christian Can Do in Traffic
Filipinos have sooo many adjectives today for the traffic that millions are experiencing in Manila: epic, legendary, monstrous, horrendous, trafficmagedon, carmageddon, the biggest crawling parking lot, and the best, traffic is F-O-R-E-V-E-R. But with the right...