by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo Ask me about the things I’d rather not do, and waiting tops my list. In this hurried world where almost everything can be done in an instant, where people are always pressed for time, where everyone is trying to get ahead of everyone else, it is quite uncommon to find people who take their time, do things slowly, and wait. No wonder modern day life is also known as “the rat race.” We think life is a race so we don’t want to waste our time. We turn ballistic when... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo GOD is a Farmer, the earth is HIS field HE planted all life to bring forth much yield By HIS spoken Word and life-giving breath Man came into being with no fear of death. But man is so stubborn, we do not obey We know not contentment, we go our own way The once fertile field, we’ve made barren and dry One look at HIS field, the Farmer would cry. But GOD is so gracious, HE never gave up HE planned our redemption, way ahead from the top HE sent a Redeemer, saved us from... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo I have never regarded myself as an entrepreneur or having an entrepreneurial spirit, at the very least. I grew up thinking that to be an entrepreneur you have to be good at one and only one thing – making money. As this was simply not one of the many gifts GOD has generously given me, I resigned myself to the idea that I could never go into business, much less succeed in one. At a very young age, I had always known I would devote myself to a life of service. I wanted... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo People always seem to be obsessed with the truth. Last July 30, 2010, Philippine President Noynoy Aquino signed his first Executive Order establishing a Truth Commission to “seek and find the truth” on graft and corruption committed during the previous administration. So when this Truth Commission comes out with its report after two years, we expect people to accept the results to be “the truth”, right? Well, not necessarily. Sometimes people believe only what... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo Twenty years ago, I would have reacted violently to that statement. But the number 40, or 40 years, to be exact, has since found new meaning in my life. Even in Scripture, the number 40 seems to carry much significance. . . . When GOD wanted to cleanse the world and start over, HE let it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. . . . Moses was on the mountain with GOD for 40 days… twice. . . . The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness. It took the spies 40 days to search... Read→

by Petronilo V. Casuga Jr. On April 27, 2010, on the occasion of the Farmers’ Unity Meeting organized by the Bangon Pilipinas Party (BPP) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, I got the chance to listen to Nanay Tessie about her family’s situation as rice farmer in Muñoz. “We had difficulties with our finances”, she said. “The loans we got from the traders were spent mostly on the children’s school expenses and farm inputs i.e. fertilizers and pesticides. Even before the harvest, our crops were already... Read→

By: JOEL O. MARCAIDA A dream is a succession of thoughts, images, sounds or emotions which the mind experiences during sleep.[1] The content and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream). I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;Indeed, my mind (inner man) instructs me in the night (Ps. 16:7 NASB). And He said, “Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you,... Read→

“If my children are competent, they don’t need my money. If they’re not, leaving them a lot of money is only doing them harm.” Yu Pengnian, China’s biggest philanthropist sits in the restaurant atop the hotel he built, where he lives and eats most of his meals. Yang Junpo for The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-philanthropist-donates-it-all/article1650447/ ENJOY WHILE YOU (STILL) CAN!  - Confucius 551BC-479BC Chinese philanthropist donates it all Eccentric... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo A great many opposites are separated only by the proverbial thin line – love and hate, genius and insanity, passion and obsession, success and failure, greatness and mediocrity, even life and death. True enough, even a joke can cross over that thin line and become an insult, if the joker is not careful. But what exactly distinguishes the left from the right, the good from the bad in this equation? How do we know that we have crossed the line? More importantly, can we... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo We all have our own set of values, our own set of standards that determine which things in life we consider important to us. These values determine our tastes or preferences, our way of life, our entertainment choices, our social, political, and religious interactions, to name a few. Our values change as we grow older, as we get to experience different things in life. Some of these values may be purely circumstantial, applicable only to a situation in which we find ourselves.... Read→

YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE THE YLEC PRODUCT LAUNCH On Eagles Wings Foundation (U.S.A.) Implemented by: Ventures & Entrepreneurship Development Center in the Orient Inc. (Vedcor) YLEC is a six-month course consisting of intensive, 4-hour once-a-month classroom instruction followed by a do-it-yourself practicum in between the monthly classroom instructions. Read→ Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite  Read More →

Overcoming Learning Disabilities Kaycee and Kevin Quiñones presenting their vision for the Philippines Karl discusses why he wants to be globally competitve VisionQ with their uncle and mentor, Mr. Ben Quiñones Boiled Frogs No More Introducing the VisionQ Team Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite  Read More →

Being a volunteer and a participant of the Asian Forum for Solidarity Economy 2007 has enlarged my perspective. I have learned a new initiative called SOLIDARITY ECONOMY and that is what I’d like to tell you about. Not because I am a niece of Mr. Ben R. Quiñones, the event organizer, that automatically means I am widely informed about this topic. (Embarrassing as it seems, it’s quite the contrary). Since I learned to develop a hunger for knowledge, I kept an open mind to the discussions... Read→

By: Joel O. Marcaida, Executive Director National Youth for Servant Leadership Inc. On the second day of the Bayanihan Supply Chain Conference and Trade Exhibit organized by the Coalition of Socially Responsible Small and Medium Enterprises in Asia (CSRSME Asia) at the University of the Philippines on November 14-15, 2008, a meeting between the National Youth for Servant Leadership (NYSL) and On Eagle’s Wings Foundation (OEWF) resulted in the organization of four (4) Bayanihan Centers (BCs)... Read→

By Emil Samson, University of Caloocan City <gudboy_emil22@yahoo.com> I am so happy that I was invited and became a participant in the recently concluded  Bayanihan Youth Camp with the theme “Building Shared Vision”. This was held at the Lord’s Grace Garden in Looc, Calamba, Laguna. It was a wonderful experience for me.  To be a part of this life changing seminar was a great privilege because of the learning and knowledge  that I got from all the activities and workshops... Read→

by Jezza Luz Sioson, University of Caloocan City April 3, 2009, the day when I first met the different participants of the workshop entitled “Building Shared Vision” (BSV) conducted at the Institute of Small Scale Industries, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon city. I learned why vision is very important, not only in our business, not only for ourselves, but also for our society.  If you have no vision in life, you don’t know where you will be going to. I also learned... Read→

by Kharis Quinones, VisionQ Team, Davao city My days at the camp were totally fun.  I learned a lot.  The camp speakers and session facilitators taught us how to become a social entrepreneur. But the lessons about “learning disabilities” really struck me out. At the same time,  these lessons were also the very ones that made me like this workshop quite a lot. Generally, I don’t like worshops.  Maybe I had been influenced by my brother who told me that workshop means “WORK”. ... Read→

by Ma. Karen V. Gomez, University of Caloocan City I have learned so many things from the Bayanihan Youth Camp, with its theme “Building Shared Vision” (BSV).  I learned to praise and worship God with all my heart.  Every morning before we start the activities of our workshop, we sing praise songs to Father God,  we worship Him,  and we put Him above all the work and activities for the day. This camp taught me a lot – how to be a participative member of a team, become benevolent,... Read→

By Yzabel Lesa M. Quinones, VisionQ Team, 1st year, Philippine Science High School, Davao city The Bayanihan Youth Camp was absolutely great. It provided fun activities so that we would not get bored. Even our co-participants were fun to be with. But best of all were the lessons that we learned. The camp, we learned from our mentors, was sponsored by On Eagle’s Wings Foundation (OEWF) in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. It  taught us many lessons about surviving this world of business. And one... Read→

by Annie Reginaldo, University of Caloocan City The Bayanihan Youth Camp was a 3-day camp held at the Lord’s Garden in Laguna which was full of knowledgeable lessons. The camp taught me so many things.  As a  result of this camp I learned how to be more sociable. I gave and shared ideas, especially about my love for our country, the Philippines.  Sponsored by On Eagle’s Wings Foundation (OEWF) and facilitated by the staff of CSRSME Asia, the camp taught young persons like me how to... Read→

By Joan Battung, Assistant Secretary, National Youth for Servant Leadership (NYSL) Glory to GOD! I am so blessed that I’ve joined this camp. It is an experience that is hard to forget. There were workshops  that seemed so hard to understand at first, but they challenged us to think and reason out. We have learned how to have a personal vision and pursue it, a vision that directs the purposes of our life. As for me, I would like to have a God- given vision. The Bayanihan Youth Camp... Read→

by Noelle Contessa Paz, Public Relations Officer, National Youth for Servant Leadership (NYSL) After the Bayanihan Trade Exhibit which was held last Nov. 14-15, 2008 at the U.P. College of Social Development and Community Work, four Bayanihan Centers (BC) were formed. These are the Carmelite B.C., J-Gen B.C., Mt. Zion B.C. and UCC B.C. After 6 months of continous saving by the members of these 4 BCs,  the On Eagle’s Wings Foundation (OEWF) decided to sponsor Bayanihan Youth Camp with the theme... Read→

by Joanna Marie Calma, Secretary, Carmelite Bayanihan Center I  wOuLd  SaY  BaYaNiHaN  YoUtH  cAmP  WaS  ReAlLy  gReAt  AnD  Im  sO  ThAnKfUl  tO  Be  a  PaRt  Of  it. IT’s  sO  vErY  UnForGeTtAbLe  eXpErIeNcE  in mY LiFe. ThAnK  GOd  fOr  tHe  mAnY  ThInGs I’vE LeArNed.   Like haVing FelLoWship With oThErS,   rEsPeCting  OtHeRs’  OpInIoN,  &  dIsCiPlIning  MySeLf  At  alL  tImE . The BaYaniHaN  YoUtH  cAmP mOlDed  mE  To bE A BeTtER... Read→

“Big things come from small beginnings.” By Alfred P. Mercene, 17 years old, Youth Coordinator, Pinoy Family Foundation Inc. The BAYANIHAN YOUTH CAMP  has been one of the events that I’m certain will fulfill the Lord’s glory in the land of the Philippines. This result oriented event was held in the city of Calamba, Laguna around the green haven of The Lord’s Garden (Looc, Calamba Laguna).  Otherwise called the “Building shared vision (BSV)” youth camp,... Read→

by Jeannet Borrega, Carmelite Bayanihan Center Hi, folks! I learned so many things in our BAYANIHAN  YOUTH CAMP . I learned from our first workshop about  the importance of one’s personal vision for a better Philippines. What’s my personal vision? My vision is free education for poor youth. I know that education is the way to success. I also learned how to respect other people’s opinion. How about you? Do you want a country better than what you have now?  Read More →

by Ian Naldo,   CSRSME Asia/NYSL United we stand, united we envisioned great things to come, and united we will continue the learning journey. Today we will plant the seed of our hope and tomorrow we will see a better Philippines. Our vision has led us to this point – that is, the conduct of the Bayanihan Youth Camp.  We had taken our little steps.  All we had to do is to put our ideas into action. Our actions revolutionized us and gave us the privilege of being one of the few individuals... Read→

By Jezza Luz Sioson, University of Caloocan City On May 13, 2009, the third day of the Bayanihan Youth Camp in Looc, Calamba, Laguna, we visited a social enterprise owned and operated by Patrick Evangelista, a young entrepreneur. Patrick has two different types of  business, the SVL (Super Vitamin Lugaw) & Pat”s burger. SVL & Pat’s Burger can be classified as social enterprises because these enterprises are not meant to generate income and profit for its owner only, but also... Read→

Only a black man could say this …. This man deserves the Nobel Prize in the ‘Common Sense’ category. ‘They’re standing on the corner and they can’t speak English. I can’t even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain’t, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be… And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it’s important to speak English... Read→

by Karen “Kaye” N. Quiñones I arrived at Ateneo de Davao thirty-minutes passed eight in the morning. I was apprehensive because the program was to start by that time. (Being late on schedule is something that I am not fond of. I would rather be the one waiting than the one arriving late. ) With a bulky backpack and a heavy handbag, I asked the guard at the Roxas Avenue gate where the Davao Writers Workshop  venue was. He told me that there was a workshop on the seventh floor, but he... Read→

by Lawrence Alfred Mercene People often recognize the things that are “invisible” in their sight or the things that they cannot perceive in reality that in turn affects the movement and of mobilizing their goal.  It often takes a crucial decision whether they will be trapped by those “enemies” or move on to their vision. According to surveys, large number of people often thinks the “impossible” things that might happen in their life, they habitually treat these things and negative thoughts... Read→

by: Joel Marcaida On June 5, 2009 the participants of  OEWF Bayanihan Youth Camp in Calamba, Laguna met again for the second time after the camp. The first meeting was held on May 29, 2009 during which the youth leaders planned to conduct a number of BSV workshops in their respective spheres of influence. The output of the workshop are the following: Read→  Read More →

By: Jaylord F. Pagadora, Chairman – National Youth for Servant Leadership Being neighbor to our brethren. The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-36) The story of this particular part of the gospel of Luke talks about a lawyer who asked Jesus about how to inherit eternal life. Jesus replied by asking him what is written in the law. And the lawyer replied quoting the two greatest commandments “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength... Read→

by K. Ben Quinones I occasionally visit the Forum section of the OEWF website to see what our youth leaders are talking about. An encouraging recent development is the interest shown by the BSV BYC (Building Shared Vision – Bayanihan Youth Camp) Team in honing their thinking and writing skills. This is clearly the result of the youth leaders putting into practice what they have learned at the BSV BYC.  When the youth begin to share with each other their dreams for a better society, one day... Read→

By: Noelle Contess Y.Paz Traffic, pollution, trash everywhere… the common sight you could see in Metro Manila. I’ve been here in Manila for almost my whole life and these things blow my head off.  Sometimes, all I could do is dream about a certain place wherein I could see the beauty of God’s creation.  I thought that dream will never come true until one day, Kuya Jaylord  asked me and Joel to accompany him and his family to their province in Quezon.  I got very excited because... Read→

Mary Rose Rontal is working as an Assisting Professional in a USAID-funded project that focus on implementing strategic actions for environmental management while observing the principles of transparency, accountability and participatory decision-making in the local government units… Feeding the piggy bank is what I and my husband taught Amyrrh, our one-year old son. We save every ten-peso coin we collect during the day from buying something or paying a fare.  We save it in my baby’s piggy... Read→

by: Joel Marcaida, National Youth for Servant Leadership Inc. It’s been months already since my last visit to Carmelite Bayanihan Center that I’m facilitating in Tala, Caloocan City. I have regrets that I didn’t go there recently because while we are having a dialogue with the leaders they shared to me their frustration of losing some of the members. Most of the member are not attending for reason that they have already a job and some are studying but some are quiting the group... Read→

By: Noelle Contessa Y. Paz, Core Group Member                                                                                                                             National Youth for Servant Leadership Inc. After the Bayanihan Youth Camp in Laguna and after our 2 days planning, we decided to have our BSV workshop in our respective places.  Supposedly the BSV schedule at our church in Light of the World, Lagro was on June 12-13,... Read→

If our national hero, Jose Rizal, was born in this fast-paced, high-tech generation, how would he live? Perhaps he would have a Facebook account. Might have uploaded some videos in Youtube. Or since he was one an athletic fellow, he might have made it to the Olympics. In his days he was into fencing and taekwando, perhaps today he would also try boxing and golf, but too short for basketball. If he is a college student, would he be taking up nursing instead of becoming a doctor? Considering his drive... Read→

Just wanna share our BSV last july ’twas very fun! our church leader’s pastor and other bayanihan participants had a great time while jaylord tackles about the learning disabilities.The moment we had gathered our vision and what we can do to persue it, i was amazed! because i’ve never heard my group in our church about their vision in our church.They wanted a united leadership,how can we do it? gathered enough vision from each participants we believe we can make it through self... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation It’s easy to burn out. That may be one of the truest statements that can be made about being a church volunteer. And I realized lately that, aside from being true, it’s also experiential. These past days have been deadly toxic. I’ve been so busy doing a lot for my youth church you’d think I’m aspiring for canonization in the distant future. After organizing a youth service, I had to write news articles, design a number... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation Because of the internet, we can now chat, laugh, get angry and attracted (among others) with people we haven’t even physically met. In my case, I felt a containable amount of dislike to a member of our youth church in Australia. It started when Word War I erupted between us. On an online forum maintained by our youth church, we publicly argued about some church systems we couldn’t find common ground on. We handled the... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation Whether you prefer goodbye, farewell, paalam or a quiet embrace, the grip of sadness is never really easy to slacken. Words and gestures don’t bring much comfort. Because the soul is designed to cling. Cling to relationships it deems precious. “Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.” --Winnie the Pooh (And I'm quoting him here, haha) I’m not sure if everyone... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation Imperfect. More imperfect. Most imperfect. The longer you put up with an organization, the more you become a witness to its obnoxious idiosyncrasies and to the imperfections of its people.  The more you linger, the more you know. Even if you refuse, the sight shall insist itself on getting beheld: démodé systems that gnaw your nerves, facilities that outlived pterodactyls, and people whose character flaws can vex even... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, OEWF Ministry While on my way to office, I received a text message from a friend inquiring about my opinion on the importance of dreams to a person’s life. Answering the question would inevitably lead to a cheesy climax but answering it was, nonetheless, important. Very important, perhaps. So I replied back: “Dreams are important. Life stops when dreaming stops. But we must be careful not to be too engrossed with it for we might forsake the enjoyment... Read→

I find it hard to work with my teammate because of their behavior. They don’t have self-confidence and the lack initiative. Well, it was a sort of an enjoyment and fun. The best thing I learned about selling is that it’s hard to find a prospect who is readily willing to buy your product.  Read More →

by Jhen Bandojo Our team is called the “Sweet Seven Teens” because we are seven teenagers and we produce sweet products like chocolates and refrigerated cake made from Graham.  We tried marketing a lot of products like banana chips, peanuts, hotcakes, quailed eggs in our effort to meet customer needs and wants. I’ve learned a lot of things with my team through our subject in Sales Management. We were challenged to reach our marketing goal of Php 45,000 in sales.  We pursued our... Read→

by Shienna Calimlim Being an entreprenuer is very hard to do. When I started to build a business with my team, I’ve learned a lot more than I expected. You know why?  I was a neophyte, I was called a young entrepreneur. I’ve also learned and experienced the things that other students might not have experienced. With my team (Sweet Seven Teens) I learned that , aside from the experience I gained personally, the financial rewards of having one’s business are enormous. For many individuals... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation The Bible. Can't outlive it, can't live without it The Philippine Bible Society announced in November last year that 60% of the respondents in an AC Nielsen survey admitted they don’t own a Bible. Of the 60%, 70% are youth! This is not alarming if the Bible is just another storybook for you. But for those who realize that the Bible is the only source of truth for man’s purpose and destiny, this survey result... Read→

In a reading from the Book of Numbers, Moses rejoices that, for the sake of Israel, God has given His spirit to the seventy elders, including two at a distance. He then invites Joshua to welcome, not resent, this manifestation of God’s generosity. This is the same openness that Jesus asks of his disciples in Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48. A lot of mistakes have been committed by many of us with the alibi – “I just wanted to do what I thought was good.” Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48  gives us some categories... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon On Eagle’s Wings Foundation Catastrophes that kiss our countrymen goodbye with a kiss of death squeeze out the good in us. Suddenly, everyone’s charitable. From chatter to charity, Kris is ABS-CBN's poster girl for everything! ABS-CBN reported on Monday that its Sagip Kapamilya has received over P100 million in aid donations for the victims of typhoon “Ondoy” (international codename: Ketsana). And it continues to increase every Kris Aquino minute. Indeed, the... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation I don’t know which is harder to believe: that icebergs are now heading to New Zealand according to glaciologists or that there’s still hope for the Philippines according to our politicians. Iceberg heading to New Zealand To remain hopeful for a nation dominated by a dynasty of surnames under which leadership it has become the most corrupt in Asia is not worth the imagination. It’s a waste of our precious Filipino intelligence. And... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Executive Assistant, On Eagle’s Wings Foundation Intercession is the last thing I would imagine myself writing about. Prayer’s fine with me. You know, asking providence for today’s breakfast, lunch, and supper; for courage when deadlines draw nigh; for supernatural strength in times of siesta while I’m at work; and for many other needs critical to my growth and survival as a human being. Interceding for other people (or creatures) is not easy. But intercessory prayer... Read→

by Jhon Lacson Student, Sales & Management University of Caloocan City First of all, I’d like to thank our dearest Professor Jaylord F. Pagadora for this wonderful and very challenging selling time in his Sales and Management class. My sales group, EL Kondensada Partnership, is such a blessing to me because I have been part of the passion, enthusiasm, and marketing strategies invested by our team members on how to deal with customers. I have learned so many things with them. I held on stubbornly... Read→

By Michael Martinez I’m a 3rd year marketing student in the University of Caloocan City and one of the members of the group ‘El Kondensada Partnership.  I would like to share the lessons I learned about the marketing of our product.  I’d like to give thanks to my beloved instructor, Prof. Jaylord Pagadora, for giving us an opportunity to have a small business and having more friends outside our school. In our marketing project, I’ve learned more things... Read→

Everybody wants to be President. On the eve of last day of filing for the 2010 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received 99 certificates of candidacy for president. Among them were a quantum physicist, a retired teacher, an insurance agent, some politicians, and many other characters ranging from genuine to Jokerish (and it’s the Heath Ledger-type!). For many, it’s not easy to pinpoint who among those who run for office are sincere and who are just fooling around. But that’s... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon On Eagle’s Wings Development Foundation Philippines It was a cast of thousands: a disheartened paralytic, a dead girl, a sick woman, an awestruck crowd, astonished tax collectors, clamoring blind men, and a silent-type demon-possessed. One can only imagine how stressful Matthew 9:1-36 must have been. They were all after Jesus. Everybody wanted a piece of his much-talked about healing power. “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed,” said the woman who has been... Read→

Message from Ka Sony Domingo, President Kapisanan ng mga Magsasaka, Manggagawa at Mangingisda ng Pilipinas, KAMMMPI (Association of Farmers, Workers, & Fishermen of the Philippines) Our Countrymen, Today, the flowers of liberty, solidarity and nation building will blossom in our hearts.  This is so that we may share amongst us the wealth of a nation that God has given us which the colonizers and the neo colonizers have deprived our people. We shall then set forth in our journey of nation... Read→

I can never understand the grace experience. Neither testimony nor theology can explain it. Whenever I try to explain it to new Christians, I always helplessly grope for the right words to depict the experience. I try to use anecdotes, metaphors, quotes. But no. They’re always not enough. Not even the wisest theology can perfectly map it out in a constellation of stellar word studies. The experience of God’s grace is like no other. And it just happens. Philip Yancey's "What's So... Read→

The only Ed Silvoso book I’ve read so far is “That None Should Perish.”  Reading it as a college student back then, the only thing I could do was pray to God that my life would someday be devoted to the brand of social transformation Silvoso advances in his book. Right now I thank God that I am involved in organizations that allow me to do just that. Silvoso’s main thesis is that Christians should be active agents of change not just within church walls but even beyond. Ed Silvoso On February... Read→

by Paul Casuga Just to share some thought about our struggle in life today. Either we have already experienced these things before or we are still in the same struggle as we are experiencing today. It’s just part of the vicious cycle of life, though it can explode once you lose control. For many advisers, the easiest and practical solution to it is time management. But remember time management is the most difficult thing to manage because it involves emotion most of the time. You miss one and you... Read→

“…Day and night they never stop saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.’” Revelation 4:8 Have you tried spending your entire day doing just one thing, non-stop? I mean, literally just one thing and you do it for 24 hours straight without resting for a nap or taking a pee break. Unless you’re endowed with super-anatomical stamina, attempting something like that would be physiologically impossible. But in God’s throne room, the impossible is... Read→

Swords come in handy. Ask the soldier at war. It’s the show-window to his might. It flaunts him lethal in battle, not a push-over and every inch a war machine. He waves it about in the air and the enemy gets the message. The sword. Let’s fight. But something remarkable happens when the soldier at war raises his shield. Suddenly, we witness a person hanging on to dear life. He shows himself vulnerable after all. That he is not invincible. Strong, yes. But indestructible? He must be dreaming. Go... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon Among the problems that confront the Philippines today are economic insufficiency, lack of opportunities, increasing criminality, political unrest and environmental injustice. Many Christian churches and organizations recognize that they should play a role in mitigating the causes and effects of these problems. However, they often fall short in producing ideas and conjuring practicable solutions that would make them efficient agents of change on a social level. A lot of Christian... Read→

Contributed by Ed Canela Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come! 1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills. 2. The Cheque. Britain... Read→

by Bro. Ben Quiñones Father God, we bow down before you today in our individual capacities as stakeholders of the Philippine economy. We confess, Lord, that we have sinned against you. We confess that we have contributed to the decline of our national economy and pulled it down from a privileged position of being the second largest & wealthiest in Asia in the 1950s to that of being the sick man of Asia today. As consumers, we have put our self-interest above the higher good of the nation. We... Read→

by Ben Quinones I would like to thank Bishop Dan Balais (Chairman, Intercessors for the Philippines) for his circular of encouragement. This is needed at this time when many of our spiritual warriors are disappointed by the May 10 elections turn out, believing in their hearts that our Bangon Pilipinas votes could not have languished at a measly 1 Million + had there truly been an honest and accountable election. Let not our grief becloud our understanding of the political situation that’s unfolding... Read→

By ATTY. LYNDON P. CANA National Campaign Manager Bangon Pilipinas Party Share Today at 3:38pm Bangon Pilipinas just went through its second foray into national politics. At first glance, everything seemed to have ended in disaster. Its standard bearer early on was hostaged to a measly two to three percent survey rating, and the results of the automated quick polls seemingly just confirmed it. The “religious” or spiritual approach to political participation was put on trial, and seemingly... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo I find it amusing that the most applauded and most quoted statement in President Noynoy Aquino’s Inaugural Address was: “walang wangwang (no sirens).” More than any other marching order, this one had the Land Transportation Office scrambling to its feet and monitoring major thoroughfares on the very first day after the pronouncement was made. Think of it. Amidst problems of extreme poverty and hunger, rising unemployment, skyrocketing power rates, and unbridled graft... Read→

By Jade Angelo Gascon “But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him but he will not return to me.” II Samuel 12:23 His child was about to die. And it wasn’t for an ordinary reason. David committed adultery and, as a consequence, the child born to him fell ill and neared death. All his breathtaking conquests didn’t matter anymore. David was not a king at that time. He was a mere human grappling with judgment and consumed by guilt. In fact, he felt... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5, NIV) “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Peter 2:24, NIV) A few months ago, I slipped and fell nine steps down a flight of stairs at home… twice. Needless to say, on both occasions,... Read→

by Jeanne Marie O. Bernardo Twenty years ago, I would have reacted violently to that statement. But the number 40, or 40 years, to be exact, has since found new meaning in my life. Even in Scripture, the number 40 seems to carry much significance. . . . When GOD wanted to cleanse the world and start over, HE let it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. . . . Moses was on the mountain with GOD for 40 days… twice. . . . The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness. It took the spies 40 days to search... Read→