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So. Cal. Asian-Am, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Educators’ Summit – An Initiative of Teach for America’s Teacher Corps
In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust...
Part III: Truth in an ecosystem of free will and moral responsibility
Truth entices us there on the frontier between fact and interpretation, and we strive for honesty in representing what is entrusted to us. We combine that honesty with a humility that comes from knowing beyond all doubt that whatever we believe, whatever we claim,...
Truth in an ecosystem of free will and moral responsibility
Truth entices us there on the frontier between fact and interpretation, and we strive for honesty in representing what is entrusted to us. We combine that honesty with a humility that comes from knowing beyond all doubt that whatever we believe, whatever we claim,...
Truth in an ecosystem of free will and moral responsibility
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth—which love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the...
Top Rhizomes stories in 2018
I submitted 52 pieces for my weekly Rhizomes column in the Asian Journal. These pieces, excerpted below, resonated with AJ’s readers and also on social media. It is interesting to observe that months after I spotlight an author, a musician or an artist, many more...
God’s Abundant Grace in 2018: A Journey of Thanks and Blessings with Loved Ones
God is good all the time! I am grateful at 2018's showers of grace with my hubby on roadtrips; with my classmates exploring waterfalls and enjoying each other's quirks with laughter; with my long-time friends who make life worth living and livable and folks who said...
Delighted in her Presence
Our last day in the park for 2018, at 3 years old. She was just an infant 3 years ago. At 3 months old, she already comforted me when my mother died. She was about to fall asleep while feeding from her bottle yet her little finger held mine. During the funeral mass,...
Luchie San Luis Quemuel: Her reflections of God’s gilded miracles in her life
May you have all that you need, because the sharing of gifts is our exercise of security in the abundance the Almighty gives us constantly. May you constantly find reasons to feel joy, and to share that joy, thus making it grow exponentially. We were all created to...
Sitting in the chair of privilege
Life is a battle – you must enter into it fully, and do what needs to be done. You cannot shrink from your duty. Life presents difficult, sometimes horrendous situations, unwelcome tasks, and obstacles of every sort. Despite this harsh reality, you must resolutely go...