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I decided to write about this because it is evident that we are living in an era of a heightened global wave  of “The Fear of The Other”, people who don’t look, think, speak or act like we do. I am not writing this to hastily condemn this feeling, I recognize it as a realContinueContinue reading “Racism or Ignorance? Part 1: Appearance / Culture”

About twenty years ago, I was having an ongoing verbal altercation with a family member that included a series of long-distance calls that left me emotionally worn out after each call. This was happening during a period when I was also having a rough time at work. I would sometimes cry my eyes out after those calls. IContinueContinue reading “Peace, Precious Peace”

Hebrews chapter 11 provides a historical and beautiful treatise on faith. Here is my twenty-point creed of faith based on these words. Faith: My Confident Assurance that What I Hope for Will Happen Fixing my eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of my Faith, I believe that FAITH: Helps me to understand that creation is the workContinueContinue reading “My Faith Mantra”

My vivid imaginations are supposed to be an escape. But since that imaginary conversation with St. Peter, I am reluctant to let them soar too far again!!!!! But hope came soon after. One day while watching a Christian TV program featuring Joyce Meyer, I heard her speak about how we are to put on the ChristianContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 4)”

And this is how I imagine the conversation going with St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: St. Peter: Hello there! Welcome. Let’s keep this concise, as they do at those interviews on earth. Hopefully, you had the chance to engage in rigorous self-examination everyday to see how you were making progress in your life’s journeyContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 3)”

And the questions continue: With all the grace available to me to carry out this precious commandment of loving others, can I truly claim to have tried my best? Have I always sought that grace when I needed it? One day while meditating, I thought about heaven. I figured loving others must be the onlyContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 2)”

Love: This is the four-letter word that makes it so hard to be a Christian! To love as a Christian is to love as Christ loved. To love and pray for those who crucify you on a daily basis? Let’s be honest, it is humanly impossible. Don’t even try it on your own, the failureContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 1)”