To a generation inseparable from their mobile phones, church bells are a jurassic way of telling time. Children of the digital age cannot even imagine a period when church bells rang to mark the progress of a day.
People’s Bookshop, the last bookshop in Hong Kong that sells books banned under the Communist Party of China, was recently...
Obedience and disobedience seems to be a good theme to reflect on this Sunday. In the Gospel (Mark 3: 20-35), especially its third part, we see Christ putting a premium on obedience: “For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
The first two years in the seminary, our lives were rigidly structured. In our day-to-day lives, the bell lorded it over. It signaled when to get ready for a task, when to start the task, and, finally, when to end it.
What do you want to be free from?
Myanmar's first international literary festival opens Friday in Yangon, bringing together dozens of authors from around the world, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
What I love most about the Filipino spirit is how we always come together in prayer when we hear devastating issues. I was reminded of this when I interviewed Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, founder and director of Visayan Forum Foundation, at the first-ever National Creative Youth Summit for the Movement of Anti-Trafficking Advocates last October.
