Archive for category Discipleship
Next Generation Mentors
Posted by Rich in Changed Lives, Discipleship, Sports on August 3rd, 2010
In a span of three weeks, I felt like a lot of us have turned back “Father Time” when we engaged the Lorenzo Ruiz Academy Crusaders varsity high school team in two friendly basketball games already at the LRA campus gymnasium in Ongpin, Binondo, Manila.
The idea of a friendly game started when LRA’s head coach [...]
ENCM At Chiang Kai Shek College
Posted by Rich in Discipleship on March 18th, 2010
Excited for the opportunity to conduct a leadership seminar inside the Chiang Kai Shek College campus these past two days.
Around 40 incoming student organization leaders were part of this three-day seminar initiated by Chian Kai Shek’s director for Student Affairs, Dr. Ulysses Yu.
Just amazing, because a month ago, we were just total strangers to Dr. [...]
From Binondo And Beyond…
Posted by Rich in Changed Lives, Discipleship on February 26th, 2010
Ava and I are enjoying our time with some of the Tsinoy couples we’re meeting for small group every week at Binondo.
We normally meet at either Wah Ying in Benavidez (just facing Hope Christian High School) or Starbucks along Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz.
Tonight, we had our small group at Wan Chai on the other side of [...]
God’s Dream Team
Posted by Rich in Discipleship on December 18th, 2009
It’s been 17 years since the National Basketball Association’s 11 greatest professional players along with one amateur played for the United States’ national basketball squad, steamrolling over the opposition en route to an 8-0 win-loss record and the Olympic gold medal before wildly cheering crowd in Barcelona, Spain.
The US squad, led by Hall [...]
Filipino-Chinese: A Small Minority With A Big Impact
Posted by Rich in Discipleship on October 25th, 2009
It’s no accident that Chinese Filipinos (or Filipino Chinese) you often find in any part of Binondo are dominant figures and major contributors in the spiraling business climate within this district of Manila.
For one, history shows that during the Spanish period, Chinese immigrants who converted to Roman Catholicism and married indigenous Filipinos, were granted special [...]