God Is An Embarrassment in our Lives
We actually don’t know what to do with God. At least, we don’t know how to share our feelings about Him without seeming awkward or out of place. We go to the weekly Mass,...
Category: Christian
Sainthood and the Moral Horizon
Popular culture disdains the saint because of what he represents: the complete lack of “moral allowance”. They cannot do wrong, are not tempted to tear out the tire of that one person you despise, or...
A Silent Call to the EDSA Generation
History books and heroes carried an EDSA that was about setting things right in the Philippines, and maybe some of them had the right idea, but mostly, the context of that demonstration was misunderstood....
A Comprehensive Proposal for an EDSA Reform (edited)
EDSA will no longer be about alternative personalities, or parties. It will no longer be about dependence on the individual. It will be something better, more comprehensive. Now you will have something to fight...
Mr. Lenin’s Democracy (updated 04-14-2016)
They were freedom fighters, and revolution became synonymous with them. But decades later, they became nightmarish regimes that terrified the imagination and subjugated millions. Dystopia and totalitarianism became synonymous with them. What happened? Why...
Inertia: Sustaining the EDSA Movement
No, no, no, Arroyo will not listen… but we will howl nevertheless. In the two years she remains in power, we will howl her in the streets, howl her in the courts, and howl...
Gloria Arroyo and the Hitler Complex
We are forever frustrated by the continued existence of Gloria Arroyo as President. But would you have stood up to Hitler’s Germany? And can you really stand up to Arroyo’s Philippines?
A Celebration of Love
Have you ever looked in the eyes of a mother, after giving birth to her child? If you stood close to her when she was in labor—the one without anesthetics, the natural labor—you would...
Awakenings
I can’t explain it. It was a revelation based on logic, and I had that idea even before. So why did I suddenly feel so much emotional upheaval, as if I was being shaken...
We Are Called to Love Our Enemies despite their Cruelty
Tirelessly, and with no reward in sight, they will still work to care for people. They come off as traitors, and fools. How could they love people with so much hate? How could they...
