Kalayaan (Part 2)

Kalayaan (Part 2)

Laya ang hatid ng tunay na kalayaan Ngunit tila nadudungisan ito ng kawalang katarungan At nagbabago-bagong kaguluhan. Sapat na ba ang isang araw na paggunita? Ang maipagdiwang ito ng isaan daan at dalawampu’t walong taon?  Ano ba ang ipinangako nitong kalayaan Kung...
Kalayaan

Kalayaan

Kalayaan, nakamit ka nga ba sa gitna ng kaguluhan? Natagpuan ka na ba ng aming bayan? Isa lamang itong pormal na terminolohiya—hungkag lamang? Napadaan ka lamang ba sa bayang sinilangan? Ikaw ba ay nanatili o pinilit na lang na hagkan? Malubha na kasi ang aming...
Another Kind of Psalm

Another Kind of Psalm

Another Kind of Psalm I. At this moment, Your Word comes alive with a fire in its syllables, peeling away calloused flesh and piercing what could only be a rough cocoon: memory, habit, pain— realities given skin in a sheen of molten faces. And yet, I emerge, soft and...
Shalom in War

Shalom in War

March 4, 2026 Today, at 5:55 AM, I was awakened by the alerts on my phone that a rocket was coming. I got up. Both my roommates got up from their beds, too. We walked to the bomb shelter just behind our house. Lights flickered. A father with his two kids were already...
O, Tao! Ano nga ba ang Pag-ibig Mo?

O, Tao! Ano nga ba ang Pag-ibig Mo?

May pag-ibig bang minsang ibinigay sa’yo ngunit hindi ka nito nakatagpo? May pag-ibig bang hindi mo masuklian dahil hindi abot ng iyong katwiran? Minsan ka bang inibig ngunit ito na lamang ay iyong binaliwala? Ano nga ba ang ang pag-ibig na taglay na taong ito ay...
At Such a Time as This

At Such a Time as This

Something to Be Ashamed of? Nancy rubbed her belly. She had spent the last few months trying to hide her “condition” from her mom and the rest of her family. She sighed. Her close friends told her that this baby was a blessing from God. If that were true, then why did...