Memoirs and songs.
For most of my life, I had wanted to be a priest. But didn’t become one. I remember when my grade three teacher in España, Sibuyan Island, Romblon, Mrs. Roldan, asked us to write down what we would like to become someday. In the dimly lit […]
Giant palm-shaped islands sprawled out into the Persian Gulf, north of Dubai. They stretched like fourteen fingers toward the sea which was why they were called The Palm. A sand bar made a halo around the fronds which shielded the houses and buildings from the […]
Memoir
The sun was rising behind the thin outlines of Mt. Guiting-Guiting. The panorama of the mountain stood tall above the stillness of sea and clouds. In the villages below, roofs made of galvanized sheets and thatches of nipa started to appear. The soft breeze swayed […]
Memoir
This continues my thoughts and insights gained from a Church history course. It was said Luther didn’t intend to leave the Catholic Church when he started causing protestations surrounding the abuse of selling indulgences. Doctrinal differences may have surfaced later on and had indeed reinforced […]
Essay
