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A Paradise Lost

on February 09, 2016

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What Ever Happened to Job’s Wife?

You know the story, a man named Job suffered traumatic losses where fortune, family and health were wiped out almost simultaneously as a result of some divine event—but I’m not about to discuss as who is responsible for the "what's" that happened and the “why’s” behind the morality of this story. Job virtually was left alone save for four friends who initially consoled with him and later struggled with the moral issues that I do not intend to deal with as earlier mentioned. Instead, I want to raise the question of Job’s wife. In the midst of the calamity, loss and death, she somehow survives and stays around to annoy her husband. “Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.’ But he said to her, ‘You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?’” (Job 2:9-10a). The only profile we have of her is Job’s reference to speaking as a “foolish” woman. His wife, a

Agua Santa

(ALL PHOTOS: PENTAX K-7 + SMCP DA 18-55/3.5-5.6 AL WR) Agua Santa is an old resort in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines before contemporary and trendy spas became chic. Los Baños is located south of Metro Manila, the economic and political center of the Philippines. It was discovered by a Spanish Franciscan Missionary Pedro Bautista in early 1590 and he found that the place had hot springs and understood that the water was medicinal. Los Baños sits in the foothills of Mt. Makiling, a scenic and dormant volcano in Laguna. Bath houses and the main pool now empty. In 1603, the Franciscans built a Nipa Hut that served as a hospital dedicated to the Immaculate Concepcion with the name Nuestra Señora de Agua Santa. Eventually, Pedro Bautista was sent to Japan as Ambassador of the King of Spain in 1597 and was martyred along with his companions for their faith in Nagasaki, Japan. They were canonized as saints on June 8, 1862. The main pool now

The Gospel According to Mary: An Exercise in Stating the Obvious

The Gospel According To Mary with Essays and Reflections By Bong Manayon, Kelly Aludiugin An excerpt from my new book in collaboration with Kelly. How obvious can it get? The Gospel according to Luke is the Gospel according to Mary! The first two chapters of Luke were virtually Mary’s story: it’s about the angel giving her the announcement, her thoughts, and the subsequent interactions with Elizabeth. Given that, why not have Mary tell the rest of the stories when she was there all the way to the start of the book of Acts. To get the bigger picture of the gospel of Luke, we make a quick sidetrack to see why it is part of the canon and how it fits alongside the other gospels: Matthew, Mark, and John. It is generally accepted that Mark was written first, then possibly Matthew, then Luke, and later, John. Also observed was Matthew and Luke, used Mark as the template to build upon; Mark has sixteen chapters of Jesus doing things while the two adds sermons and stories

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