THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER May 2 and May 4 have always had a special meaning for me. May 2 was the day I left Indonesia and May 4 was the day I set foot on American soil for the first time. The year was 1978. It was the beginning of the second chapter of my life—the […]...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Years ago when I was still in college, I used to work night shift at a local convenient store. I still remember that the store’s best times and days were Friday and Saturday evenings. Those were the times when so many people came to purchase beers—lots of them—for their...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER On Thursday, April 15, I went with Tante Lolita’s family to a beach to scatter her ashes in the ocean. We took a boat and had to travel 40 minutes into the ocean before we could stop and conduct the final part of her funeral procession. That was Tante Lolita’s final wish ...

1 Samuel 12:1-3 records a very important—yet often overlooked—piece of information.  It is important because what happened then dramatically altered the course of the direction of a nation—the nation of Israel.  It tells us that when Samuel was old, he then appointed his two sons as leaders ...

Friday before noon Our Loving Shepherd welcomed Tante Lolita into His Eternal Dwelling.  Up till the night before, she was still alert and still able to communicate with her family members.  But, on Friday morning she slipped into a coma and remained in that condition until—in the word of the la...

Yesterday I attended a funeral service of Pastor Ryanto Sindoro, former pastor of IFGF Church. I did not know Pastor Ryanto personally but I had heard about him. And, everything I heard was consistently positive. He was a deeply spiritual man of God.Yesterday I attended a funeral service of Pastor R...

To a lot of US Servicemen, Joel Moskowitz is a savior.  Moskowitz, who just passed away on March 15 in Orange County, was the man who manufactured light weight ceramic inserts for body armors donned by US troops.  Thanks to his ingenuity, countless lives have been saved.  Instead of going straigh...

When Corrie ten Boom was about five years of age, she asked Jesus to come into her life.  She recalls that it happened while she was playing “house.”  She remembers she had this imaginary friend come knocking on the door of her “house.”  Her mother who was nearby saw what she was doing. �...

One of my favorite Bible teachers is Chuck Swindoll. Little did I know that growing up he was in fact a stutterer—something that I can personally identify with because I, too, am a stutterer.  If he had not shared that information in his book, I wouldn’t have been able to tell.  Because, not o...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER The other day we had the honor of visiting our sister, Tante Lolita. As you know we have been praying for her. Well, when we came to her home, we saw her sitting comfortably with oxygen tubes inserted into her nostrils. Despite looking weaker, she remained upbeat and full of ...