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The women in Metro Life Church are going to celebrate each other as mothers, sisters, daughters and friends. We certainly like to for you to join us in this celebration. Tickets are at $12. You may order your tickets online here . Also, in this event will be a "graduation ceremony" for all those Women who did the Beth Moore's study in Esther. I'll tell you more about the ceremony later, but suffice it to say that I'm pretty excited about it. That study was life-changing. If you're a woman, know that you deserve to be celebrated! Happy Mother's Day!

Here's one of the many traditions that we have at home growing up in the Philippines. For as long as I can remember, my mother had always made it a point to have a fruit basket/tray for the New Year. This basket would contain the very select of fruits that she's able to find in the market. Soon after Christmas, she would start preparing this basket with a lot of TLC (tender loving care). Her goal is to have 12 different kinds of fruits which are to be ripe when the New Year comes along. These 12 fruits were to represent each month of the incoming year, reason why it is important for each fruit to be perfect and sweet. It is a wish for our family to have each month of the year be blessed -- and sweet. I call this my Mom's basketful of blessings. I made one this year, in memory of my mother. So with this basketful of blessings, Joe and I would like to wish you a very Happy , Jesus-blessed New Year. May 2009 indeed be a year of expansion, new levels/heights and divine favors f...

“Happy Holidays”. This is now the political way of greeting someone during this season. It is a fact, many have gotten scared of the CHRIST in Christmas. Christmas tree is now a holiday tree. No longer are there Christmas parties, but holiday parties. In school, children sing "we wish you a happy holiday!" The Christ in Christmas has been obliterated and replaced with a more generic, non-offensive term “holiday”. As a Christian, are you okay with this? I am not. Christmas is Christmas because of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus CHRIST. It is His birthday. Christmas is a holiday for Christians who believe that Jesus came into this world as the Messiah who died on the cross to redeem mankind from all their sins. Now, tough if you don’t believe in Jesus -- but that’s a different issue altogether. Face it, wherever you go, there is bound to be someone whose belief, religion or spiritual principle is different than yours. But what are you going to do? Should you change eve...