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Questions, challenges, thoughts (random, organized, otherwise) on society, God, Jesus, life, sex, religion, politics, Christianity, education, food, cellphones, computers, movies, books, videos, business, etc. etc. etc.
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About this blogger:
Mel Cartera. Curious. Born the first time 1959. Born the second time 1988. Born twice, will die only once. Married.
Educated (allegedly) at the Philippine Science High School in Quezon City, Philippines (duh!); then at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, also at QC, Philippines, where I got a BS (a decent kind) degree; at the Asian Theological Seminary, still at QC, Philippines where I got an MDiv (Masters in Divinity, but I’m still not Divine); and at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where I got a ThM (Masters in Theology, but I’m not really a practitioner of the world’s oldest profession, which, as everyone knows, is theology 
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Member and lay preacher of the Bread from Heaven-Marikina church (member of the Christian Reformed Church of the Philippines denomination).
Worked at the Philippine Bible Society for 11 years. Now dabbles at blogging.
While with the Bible Societies, was involved in the following projects:
- Dramatized New Testament in Tagalog, a Faith Comes by Hearing joint project between the Philippine Bible Society and Hosanna Ministries.
- Greek-Tagalog Interlinear New Testament.
- POIMEN Bible for Pastors.
- Hebrew-Chinese-English Pentateuch Triglot, a project of the Hong Kong Bible Society.
Now also runs a business selling notebook and desktop computers, flashdrives, blank CD’s and DVD’s, DVD writers, hard disks (internal and external), UPS’s, memory cards, video cards, etc.
Loves reading, movies, and music. LOVES VICTORIA ESPERANZA, otherwise known as Perry the Beautiful.
Tries to love God, but often fails. Amazingly, I have always been, and always will be, a Beloved of God! God is good!
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I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.
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by Paul Copan
by Richard J. Foster
by John Piper
(2007), the story of William Wilberforce and his fight against the slave trade
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A classic—still blows your mind after all these years! "The Matrix is all around you!"
? Another classic mind-expander. "More human than human is our motto."
—or Singaporeana—or Philippiniana—how the people who decide the fates of thousands are not necessarily the ones whose names are in the headlines.
hi mel, thanks for inviting me about this blog of yours. nice blog you have in here, very interesting. will visit this again. tc!
Hi, kabayan!
You’re very welcome! Pasyal ka ulit, ha? Sama ka pa ng mga kabayan, at post kayo sa “How to Help Improve Philippine Society”.
Salamat!
napaka-interesting ng blog mo mel… and i wish i was half divine as you.
happy blogging kuya!
hello there! how are u? thanks for always visiting my site. and im happy u like it! mabuhay tayong pilipino!
Hi, kabayan.
Of course! Mabuhay ang Pilipino!
Thanks, and God bless you!
Hi there,
I’m new! What’s going on?
Mel, there’s some interesting stuff behind this link: http://rhetoricsanspareil.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/arguments-in-support-of-theism/.
See also this: http://rhetoricsanspareil.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/a-perspective-on-atheism-the-madman/
Hey, Tommi.
How are you, man? Long time!
Thanks for the links. I really do have to find some time to write that thing on faith
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Mel
Hey Mel,
Nothing particularly interesting happening here, aside from some fallout from the divorce of my parents (which happened some times ago). And university is getting easier again, which is good.
Hello my friends
