Echoing laughter bounces from one mouth to another.  “Kwento mo sa pagong,” someone barked at a person’s long, inconvenient story. As if to say, “Tell it to the turtle; it might have the time to listen to you” or in times when the story sounds too good to be true.  It’s the little joke we…

A farmer and a shepherd.  One who sows seeds in the ground of his field, which he nurtures and waters day by day to show his faith. He works with what he has and gives all that he can.  And one who offers with his stained hands—hands that slaughtered lambs and reek of blood.  Two…

“Today in Kabul, a female cat has more freedom than women.” Isang nilalang na may apat na paa, dalawang malambot na mata, at bibig na nakapagsasalita nang malaya. Isang nilalang na nagtataglay ng purong kalayaang gumala sa mga daang-alikabok, bukas sa libu-libong tahimik na posibilidad. Natagpuan ko ang aking sarili na tumatawid sa kalsada. Ako’y…

The first sin of humanity was driven by love.  When God created Adam and Eve, He told them they could eat from every tree in the garden except the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.   The first humans to exist in a world made by God, their first breath, their first touch, their…

I have always believed that the world, the universe, could be answered by formulas—that everything has a solution rooted in the predictability of precise numbers. Foolishly, I’ve tried using this logic to solve you, to understand you the way mathematicians understand the universe—with patience and proof.