This Christmas, my cousin who seems to hate everything and everyone is visiting me. What can I do to help her realize life is beautiful when all she sees is her poverty and brokenness? People who are filled with hate and anger have brokenness in their lives. They are difficult to be around and are skeptical when people show them kindness. And yet the Christmas season is a time when you can show he ...[Read More]
My pessimist relative is coming over for Christmas!
Pasta with Cream of Chicken Soup
Ingredients ½ kilo Chicken breast fillet, boiled and shredded 500 grams pasta noodle, cooked according to package direction 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1 large white onion, chopped 1 each of small green and red bell peppers, deseeded and chopped 1 small can button mushroom, sliced thinly 2 cans Condensed Cream of Chicken soup (10.75 oz) Cheddar cheese, grated salt and pepper to taste Procedure Cook ...[Read More]
Christmas Get Together
Living in a small home when you have a small family is fun, but holding a Christmas party in this space when you have many friends is a bit of a challenge. Here’s what to do. List all the people you want to invite and break them into groups. Example: childhood friends, church friends, cousins only, etc. Note the food each group enjoys, their kind of music, even movies or games. Make a schedule of ...[Read More]
Love Beyond Compare
Daisy is smart, intelligent and pretty. She has been a Human Resource executive for more than 20 years. As HR Practitioner, she won labor related cases because of her skills in administrative and alternative dispute resolutions. She is the founder and President of Haven for the Uniquely Gifted and Special (HUGS) Ministries. She shares how God’s love saw her through a difficult phase of her life. Y ...[Read More]
Reasons for the Season
We all do things for a reason. I remember doing school assignments until really late at night when I was a student. I asked my parents for money to buy the stuff I needed. When I finally graduated from school, I no longer did homework, and because I am now employed, I no longer ask my parents for money. In the same way, we Filipinos observe many traditions during the Christmas season. Originally w ...[Read More]
What Do You Need For Christmas?
I will never forget it: my son screaming as doctors cut his feet open to see how far the cancer had progressed into his body. For me, those minutes were gut-wrenching. Today, the echo of my son’s screams are never far from my mind, even though this event took place two decades ago. A child’s pain hurts their parents beyond belief. Why am I writing about suffering at Christmas time? Isn’t this a se ...[Read More]
From My Heart (Issue 59)
Dear Readers, How time flies! It’s Christmas time again. It seems like we’ve just celebrated last year’s holiday, and now here it is again! It’s strange though that we never get tired of celebrating Christmas for one reason or another. This year, I would like to urge you to take a hold of God’s special gift, a love beyond compare, the gift of His son, Jesus Christ! I hope the articles in this issu ...[Read More]