Recently I was having some quiet time with Jesus outside on the upstairs balcony of my home. It was dusk, and as I gazed up at the pink sky, time…
Every year on Thanksgiving Day, my family gathers for Turkey Bowl. We started this flag-football tradition my freshman year of college, complete with a huge trophy and Filipino flag-themed jerseys.…
Confession: I’'ve always been a little afraid of the dark. Even when I'm in a familiar environment, the thought of something unexpected popping up frightens me because it’s impossible to…
I was barely a teenager when my older brother came home from seminary and introduced our family to Marian consecration. We already had a deep devotion to the Mother of…
"We were made for love. We were made for labor. And we were made for leisure." Leisure? What?!? Did I hear that correctly? That was my initial reaction when I…
God is good all the time. Everything happens for a reason. God can be found in all things. Really?? Lying on a makeshift hospital bed in a medical tent at…
Recently, I was watching a reality show with some of my non-Catholic Christian friends. We somehow got on the topic of whether or not we thought one of the guys…
A while back I was talking with a friend of mine who is an amateur photographer. I had recently bought a camera so decided to pick his brain since I…
As an athlete, I'm taught to be tough. I'm taught to fake confidence even when I'm not feeling great because I'm never supposed to show my opponent my weaknesses. It's…
National Champion It was 2 a.m. and I couldn’t sleep. Granted, my team and I had just won a national championship a few hours ago, but I knew that that…