Sep 16, 2022 | Culture, Faith, Featured
Growing up in the 80s and 90s in the Midwest, everyone wanted golden tan skin. My friends and I went to tanning beds to get a “base tan” so that we could then slather on baby oil and lay out on the beach during Spring Break and over the summer. With my Filipina...
Apr 27, 2022 | Culture, Faith, Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club
I believe that books come into my life when I am supposed to read them. Some months ago I found myself going down a rabbit hole after listening to a podcast. I researched the guest and her contemporaries jumping from website to Instagram profile to the library app to...
Mar 30, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club
Abuelita Faith came into my life after hearing the author, Kat Armas, on the Next Right Thing podcast. As she spoke, I could hardly believe how much of what she said aligned with my experiences related to the formation of my faith and beliefs about the church. Similar...
Feb 16, 2022 | Peacemaker
I often tell the story that I didn’t realize that I was a minority until I won an award for it in high school. My father was a white American and my mother is a Filipina. I was born and raised in a small city in Indiana where my local family, friends, neighbors,...
Dec 8, 2021 | Faith, Peacemaker
Twenty-some years ago, I made an inspiration scrapbook filled with quotes and pictures cut out of magazines. It was also home to my first bucket list. On that list at number 13 was to fall deeply in love. I remember adding that to the list in part because of a quote...
