As a relatively new father, I feel I don’t have much to contribute to the conversation. I feel terribly unqualified. I lack experience. My son was only born in late 2017. I also feel I have bad paternal instincts. I don’t know how to calm my one-year old son when he is crying. I don’t know how to hold his attention during teaching moments. I don’t know how to stop him from watching too many videos. I don’t know how to get him back on healthy food after treats from well meaning loved ones. I don’t know how to get him to quiet down in Sunday Church. The little guy has me helpless. Should I be celebrated as a father this year? More on fathers: My father died a few weeks back but I still haven't cried How to forgive the most important man in your life This former drug addict who attempted to kill his family now ministers tokhang surrenderees Kidlat Tahimik: the duwendes and contradictions of a National Artist My loving wife is quite supportive. She … [Read more...] about What does it mean to be a new father in 2019?
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What Hari Raya means to Malaysia’s ONE Championship heroes
IT’S the season to stay humble, a chance to feast on some traditional dishes, earn some Duit Raya, or a period to spend time with your loved ones. The meaning of Hari Raya may vary from one individual to another, but everyone has their own way to celebrate this special time of year. With that in mind, Malaysia’s finest ONE Championship talents shared what the joyous occasion really means to them. Mohammed “Jordan Boy” Bin Mahmoud “For me, Hari Raya means family. That’s why my most favorite thing about Hari Raya is the fact that I get the chance to balik kampung and rekindle ties by visiting relatives and friends whom I don’t get to see when I’m in Kuala Lumpur, where I live. “Raya gatherings are something I look forward to always, and the practice of actually visiting relatives and friends, going from one house to the next. It’s something that I have been doing ever since I was young, and this practice continues to be … [Read more...] about What Hari Raya means to Malaysia’s ONE Championship heroes
What Does Hari Raya Mean To Malaysia’s ONE Championship Heroes?
IT’S THE season to stay humble, a chance to feast on some traditional dishes, earn some Duit Raya, or a period to spend time with your loved ones. The meaning of Hari Raya may vary from one individual to another, but everyone has their own way to celebrate this special time of year. With that in mind, Malaysia’s finest ONE Championship talents shared what the joyous occasion really means to them. Mohammed “Jordan Boy” Bin Mahmoud Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMdCQUTti_E&t=13s “For me, Hari Raya means family. That’s why my most favorite thing about Hari Raya is the fact that I get the chance to balik kampung and rekindle ties by visiting relatives and friends whom I don’t get to see when I’m in Kuala Lumpur, where I live. “Raya gatherings are something I look forward to always, and the practice of actually visiting relatives and friends, going from one house to the next. It’s something that I have been doing ever … [Read more...] about What Does Hari Raya Mean To Malaysia’s ONE Championship Heroes?
What is fullness?
When Jesus tells us today, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you,” I think he wishes us more than just an absence of conflict. Peace here is not just a space of quiet and calm, a break in the fighting, nor a cessation of hostilities. What Jesus wants to bless us with is the Jewish gift of shalom, which we inadequately translate as peace. Shalom is when all our relationships are set aright – our relationships with God, with others, and with ourselves. Shalom is flourishing wholeness and ever-renewing openness; in a word, shalom is fullness. But before we get all dreamy and starry-eyed, here is a cold splash of water to wake us up: This is not the world’s idea of fullness. Remember, Jesus says, “My peace I give to you.” And not as the world gives does he give it to us. What can this mean? What is Jesus’ idea of fullness? In the story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert, the devil tries to goad him to turn stones into bread. … [Read more...] about What is fullness?
What happened to Marawi funds?
WHERE would the billions raised and donated for the rebuilding of Marawi go if affluent businessmen there were to take over the restoration of their city devastated in the battle with ISIS-inspired militants from May to October in 2017? President Duterte floated last week the idea of having wealthy families rebuild the once prosperous city even as some 250,000 displaced residents are still picking up the pieces virtually on their own. More than 900 terrorists, 165 troops and 47 civilians were killed in the five-month fighting. “I don’t think I should be spending for their building,” Duterte said in Pilipino in a briefing in Pampanga on the killer earthquake that hit Luzon last Monday. “I won’t spend for anything, the people there have the money. Every Maranao there is a businessman. Count in the shabu trade, they have the money.” His saying that 16 months after the fighting ended startled many observers, including some senators and Vice President … [Read more...] about What happened to Marawi funds?