The reluctant addict: A Christmas story
“After praying, they go home in silence, absorbing the lightning bolt Sister just hurled at them. After a week, Rene calls Sister Raquel.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
Daily Tribune
Bernie V. Lopez (pen name eastwind) is firstly an adventurer, having backbacked across Europe and North Africa about 18,000 kms. for 3 long years, from which he draws experiential wisdom for his writings. He was escaping New York, which he called “a spiritual desert”, looking for himself by drifting. He walked 80 kms in 7 days on a pilgrimage from Lisbon to Fatima, asking the Lord what to do with himself. He learned the answer after 20 years - to be writer. He has a blogsite with inspirational focus. He was also (retired) an independent TV docu producer, and a professor of development communications. His writings for Daily Tribune focus on geopolitics and spiritual inspiration.
“After praying, they go home in silence, absorbing the lightning bolt Sister just hurled at them. After a week, Rene calls Sister Raquel.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
During my journalistic trips to Mt. Apo, I met Datu Ugo, a babaylan (medicine man), whom I interviewed in his humble one-room home in Kidapawan at the foot of…
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
“When the US economy boomed, China rode the wave. When Trump initiated the trade war, China retaliated, and both the US and China were the losers.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 2 min read
“The budget needed for mass deportation, estimated in the billions of dollars, is quadrupling at an alarming rate.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
“Beyond the two current warring presidential prospects, is there a possible third force? Or is this just wishful thinking?
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
Edward now goes regularly to the cathedral but people do not recognize him because he is now clean-shaven and well-dressed
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
“In a dialogue between Xi and Biden, China falsely blamed the unstoppable growth of the fentanyl epidemic to the US, arguing that it was a US problem that it…
Bernie V. Lopez · · 2 min read
The flood of migrants has dramatically increased from about half a million before Trump’s election victory to about three million as of this writing.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
“Mang Doro is another example of high-school-graduate experiential wisdom. It took him three decades to learn his highly technical skills in ship repair.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read
This law is nothing new. A few years ago, the Federal government promulgated a law requiring all states to perform abortions on demand.
Bernie V. Lopez · · 3 min read