Coffee Time with God

Hebrews 10:25 “not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”             One of the things that challenge our faith is whether we have mass gathering or not. This has become a struggle to many church leaders today including me but praise God for the Holy Spirit’s enlightenment.             Just like a “pinikpikan” (an Igorot way of cooking a chicken by slowly killing the chicken before cooking), this pandemic is not only killing our economics but also killing many of us mentally, socially, and spiritually. Mentally, many are experiencing anxiety, fear, and depression whether you are a believer or not. Socially, we are strictly mandated to keep distance for our safety and to prevent the spread of this virus. Some may not use to it because we are relationship-centered people. Sp...

What was the greatest news that you have heard this year? We are bombarded by the daily news that we heard and watched. The news on social media has created tremendous fear, anxiety, stress, and depression. In some places, they created chaos and hopelessness. If we focus on this bad news such as the number of people who positive for the coronavirus, the number of people who died, the number of people who are complaining about the food, and the discrimination issues…we become all exhausted. Why not focus more on the good news—that the number of recoveries is higher than the number of death.   In fact, the latest news as of April 10, 2020, by the WHO: coronavirus cases=1,696,248; the total number of deaths; 102,596; the total number of recoveries: 375,958. If we compare the number of death versus the number of recoveries, it is actually three times better. Would that give us hope that we will overcome this pandemic? Just like what happened in the 1918 Pandemic Flu the number of deat...