Jun
11
2019
Vibrant Duo: Hot Pink and Rose
Hot pink and rose colors…
Jun
01
2019
The depth of Mon David’s love of family as reflected in his superior jazz musicality
I’ve been working in this field (communities in schools) for 50 years and I’ve never seen a program turn around a life. Only relationships turn around lives. We adults in...
May
25
2019
No one is above the law
It is more proper that law should govern than any one of its citizens. Aristotle On Feb. 21, 2019, “The Rachel Maddow Show” team uncovered a telegram sent by then-Vice...
May
18
2019
A foretaste of heaven: Witnessing the Episcopal ordination of LA Auxilary Bishop Alex Aclan
Cover Photo: Bishop Alex Aclan, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles | AJPress photo by Noel Ty We know that our liturgies—especially the Eucharist—are a foretaste of heaven on earth, I...
May
11
2019
Do American presidents lie and betray America?
Throughout the history of the American presidency, from George Washington’s inauguration to the present day, the chief executive’s duties have encompassed more than politics. Our presidents are charged with responding...
May
04
2019
Gifts from the Holy Land: Seeing with my heart’s eyes
Inside the Encounter Chapel | Photo by Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and then you will be my witnesses… Acts 1:8 The Spirit...
May
04
2019
A Tale of Modern Jerusalem and Bethlehem Suburbs
You can sense a co-existence, if at all, of Modern Jerusalem and the Suburbs of Bethlehem. A common denominator in going to a restaurant next to Sheperd Fields Church and...
Apr
27
2019
Nicole David Yalong’s thousand blooms, conscious parenting of twins
Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one’s resources. It belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in the act of depletion. The...
Apr
20
2019
From cultural absence to cultural presence: Why Asian American studies matter to me
by Ashlee Monton [Writer’s note: Once a year, an essay competition is held at CSUN, amongst Asian American Studies and Education majors, as part of an endowment set up by Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz...
Apr
13
2019
Appreciating and preserving nature’s wildflowers and snow-capped mountains
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into...