Fear is not the existential opposite of trusting in God—fretting is. Fretting grows anxiety in ways that make us focus on ourselves. Trusting grows faith and assurance that help us focus...

Managing the ancestral legacies of parents and forebears can impact the lived experiences and lived theologies of descendants, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. In the case of...

Joseph’s kissing of his siblings symbolizes the possibility of tender masculinity in a world ripped to pieces—like Joseph’s coat of many colors—by toxic, predatory masculinity. From chapter 42 where he speaks...

What you focus on grows. Our final adage for the week teaches us that the more we think about something, the more it will become part of us and our reality....

Sana all. This Filipino expression means “I wish everyone could have the same thing or experience.” It is often said to express desire or envy of other people’s circumstances. With our...

Touch heals. Not a lot of churches that I know of have a healing ministry. Many do hospital visitations and pray for the sick, but the sense of touch is often...

Fake it until you make it. Here’s another piece of advice from some personality development coaches. They mean that for you to be able to gain confidence and competence in reaching...

Bloom where you are planted. God calls us to different places according to the gifts and graces we have. God sends us where God needs us. I graduated from college with...

Follow your heart. Today we associate the heart with passion, emotion, and love. For Jeremiah’s audience, the heart was in charge of the mind and the will. In both understandings, the...

Trust in the Lord. This charge is often issued from one well-meaning person to another without much thought as to what trust really looks like. We find it easy to trust...