Peach Parfait: Must Try In Kurashiki

Cream and blueberry top plump firm extra sweet slices of local white peach above peach sorbet and peach yogurt within strawberry syrup and chunks of peach at Momoko (Momo = peach; Ko is a suffix for girls’ names). Hisako-san joined me for this perfect end to our lovely walking tour, adjourning early before the typhoon…

Kurashiki Handcrafted Gift

The lady vendor by the canal asked for my hand, right after I bought a small hair stick. Romantic right? She was assessing the diameter of my ring finger and right then and there made a small matching ring as my gift! . Reminds me of when we receive Jesus into our hearts, we get…

Pretty Rest Stop with Moriya Farm Steak and Cremia

There may be prettier ones but this is one of the prettiest pit stop rest area I’ve seen… with a flower garden and pond… rest benches… origami-decorated immaculately clean bathroom with new and modern utilities personal full length vanity mirrors… …and the yummiest beef barbecue on stick I’ve ever had! Moriya Farm’s cooked-upon-order, tender, perfectly…

Rejoice Even In Trial

Have you been challenged to feel joyful? The apostle Paul went beyond ā€œBe Joyfulā€ to emphatically ā€œRejoiceā€ Even In Trial! . This man who faced danger and death repeatedly, hunger, cold, wrote to encourage people who were free while he was a captive in a Roman prison (opposed, alone, imprisoned not for harming others but…

Don Moen Philippines 2018 Concert

Need a REFRESH button right about now? Leave your toxins at a Don Moen concert! The Dove Award songwriter (God Will Make A Way, among his famous songs) returns to the Philippines with a message of hope through music. In this interview, he speaks encouragement thru music, using your gifts in whatever field you are…

Prayer for Person Discouraged by Aging

Praying for comfort, strength, refreshing; even as we wait upon healing that we ask for, may the Lord supernaturally help you fix your eyes on Him; that you will be clothed in God’s full armor so that amidst the enemy’s schemes to derail discourage dishearten you and destroy your joy, you will stand firm, stand…

Grief That Can’t Be Spoken

ā€œThere’s a grief that can’t be spoken, there’s a pain goes on and onā€ šŸŽ¼used to be my favourite line when I put Eddie Redmayneā€˜s Les Miz song on loop back in 2012 during a difficult time. There weren’t enough words to adequately express the immeasurable depth of that sorrow or merely attempting to begin…

Beauty in Brokenness

Have you ever felt broken? Nobody wants to be broken. But the bible illustrates how brokenness is the means by which we can be molded to grow, be fruitful, find true life, and be a channel of blessing to others. May you be encouraged that while brokenness is a temporary state, the character, growth, fruitfulness,…

Know Your Worth

Value appreciates depending on who was the maker, how much someone is willing to pay, and who has lived there. In your case, 1. God made you. 2.You were bought at a price—- the life of Jesus. 3. Holy Spirit lives in you. . The triune God, not man, determines your value. Next time someone…