by Vince Olaer | Pastoral
It has been a Filipino tradition to get a Ninong (godfather) or Ninang (godmother) during the christening of a child. In fact, this tradition was further adopted in evangelical block during child dedication. Some people get ninong and ninang because of friendship,...
by Vince Olaer | Evangelism, Featured, Lighthouse Updates, Ministries, Pastoral
Perhaps, the biggest challenge to any disciple is how to teach, model, and encourage those people he is discipling to work and apply what he is teaching them. And I’m pretty sure, this is the struggle by most disciplers. I’m definitely not an exemption. It’s the...
by Vince Olaer | Pastoral
There are so many buzz about death penalty especially that the incoming president Rodrigo Duterte and some senators are already pushing to put it back into effect. However, the Catholic Church, Commission on Human Rights (CHR), and some other religious and...
by Vince Olaer | Pastoral
Let’s talk a little bit about what’s happening in our country. I think it is also our responsibility to know our candidates. When I thought I have no choice but to choose the least evil among the candidates for the upcoming presidential election, Duterte...
by Vince Olaer | Pastoral
A blessed 117th Philippine Independence Celebration, this is my prayer for the Philippines. Lord, we don’t have a big country. It’s a very small humble country struggling to make its place in the world. But from this country rises people whom you are using in the...
by Vince Olaer | Pastoral
One of the rewards of going to a prominent school is getting to have classmates and schoolmates who will be successful later on in their career after 17 years. Dr. Rodney Perez, one of the youngest yet top microbiologists in the Philippines was my former schoolmate,...