Purpose & Spirituality

Movie Review: Hope Gap (2019) 11 min read

Movie Review: Hope Gap (2019)

Hope Gap is a 2019 British drama film written and directed by William Nicholson, adapted from his 1999 play The Retreat from Moscow. Married couple... Read More

Movie Review: Christy (2025) 6 min read

Movie Review: Christy (2025)

Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama directed by David Michôd, co-written with Mirrah Foulkes. The film follows Christy Salters’s life before boxing, her... Read More

Movie Review: The Joy Luck Club (1993) 7 min read

Movie Review: The Joy Luck Club (1993)

The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel by Amy Tan about four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who form a mahjong group called... Read More

Seeing Fear Clearly: What It’s Really Trying to Tell You 4 min read

Seeing Fear Clearly: What It’s Really Trying to Tell You

Fear is not such a bad thing. It is not a monster or a hindrance to success, or to stepping forward, or to moving up.... Read More

You Are Your Family’s Healer – Are You Ready for It? 5 min read

You Are Your Family’s Healer – Are You Ready for It?

“Cursed” family? Is it true that generational family crises are the result of curses? Personally, I do not believe in sumpa (curses). Once you acknowledge... Read More

An Impeachment with Nine Lives 5 min read

An Impeachment with Nine Lives

An old English proverb (“A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays”) and... Read More

A Nation of Peace or a Cog in Global Conflict? 6 min read

A Nation of Peace or a Cog in Global Conflict?

The Philippines is set to build one of the largest U.S. ammunition and storage facilities in Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales province, located in... Read More

Why We’re Sold on the Illusion of Plenty 5 min read

Why We’re Sold on the Illusion of Plenty

Recently, I went to a neighborhood store to buy some vegetables. I saw that they were also selling Lacatan (Cavendish) bananas, so I bought five... Read More

Moral dilemma of breaking sad news or keeping it a secret

To Tell or Not to Tell: Moral Dilemma of Breaking Sad News or Keeping It Secret 5 min read

To Tell or Not to Tell: Moral Dilemma of Breaking Sad News or Keeping It Secret

Are you at a crossroads about whether to tell your elderly parent or ill relative that someone close to them has died? “Don’t tell mama…”... Read More

Pope Leo XIV: A Humble Presence, A Prophetic Moment 4 min read

Purpose & Spirituality

Pope Leo XIV: A Humble Presence, A Prophetic Moment

I was one of the millions—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—waiting for the white smoke to billow from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney. Though I was more than... Read More