Chosen: Grace beyond the screen
A week ago, my daughter Parvane introduced me to The Chosen Series at Netflix. While Typhoon Tino roared outside our home in Lapuz Norte, I spent the ...
Herman M. LagonNovember 8, 20255 min
IMPULSES
A week ago, my daughter Parvane introduced me to The Chosen Series at Netflix. While Typhoon Tino roared outside our home in Lapuz Norte, I spent the ...
“Filipinos are resilient.” It is our favorite national line—spoken by officials, flashed on headlines, posted with hashtags every time disaster strike...
It started with a seemingly harmless post—a bright, cheerful poster for Dinagyang 2026 listing twenty-two sporting events under the banner “Mayor Rais...
I still feel the heat and buzz of that WVSU hall when the Quezon team walked in—Kuya Bodjie cracking jokes, Jericho Rosales talking about stepping int...
There was a time when a master’s or doctorate felt almost sacred—a capstone of grit, patience, and ideas tested by long nights and tougher mentors. Ye...
A drop of rain patters on the windowpane of a modest boarding house in Tiwi, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, and for a moment the tick of every drop feels like...
There is something quietly heavy about hitting a low point mid-year. Maybe you are a public school teacher on your fifth class, sweat dripping, trying...
Something tender unfolds every second of November. Streets slow down, homes fill with the scent of wax and rice cakes, and cemeteries stir with unexpe...
By Herman M. Lagon You learn a lot about a culture by how it remembers—not just the dead, but the living who lived with purpose. On All Saints’ Day in...