Not a Perfect Christian

Episode 12 — More Than What Happened to Me | Part 1 🎙️

Sometimes staying busy looks like moving forward… when really, you’re just trying not to stop long enough to feel what still hurts.

This week, I realized I’ve been keeping myself busy while still healing from everything that happened in San Francisco. Then a message at church reminded me of something I needed to hear:

What happened to me is not who I am.

M...

For the first time, Not A Perfect Christian has a face. After ten episodes of only hearing my voice, I decided it was finally time to sit in front of the camera and let you see the person behind the microphone.

And I couldn't have picked a more meaningful episode to start.

After everything that happened in San Francisco, I was still healing, still carrying disappointment, and still trying to understand what God was teaching me. Then ...

Episode 10 — Broken Plans, Still Faithful

Ten episodes.

When I started Not A Perfect Christian, I never imagined that the tenth episode would be the most personal and difficult story I had shared.

I spent months preparing for my first full marathon and planning what I believed would be one of the happiest trips of my life. Instead, I arrived in San Francisco with an injured knee, deferred the race until next year, experienced pa...

This week I share what I learned from church about standing firm in a world full of different voices and opinions. We talk about spiritual drift, why protecting biblical truth matters, and how easy it is to slowly move away from God without realizing it.

I also share a little life update before marathon week, time on the boat, and why God sometimes teaches us through ordinary moments.

I'm not a pastor. I'm just someone trying to know...

A trip to Disneyland. Honest conversations. A road trip podcast. One question that changed my entire week.

I thought God was teaching me about dating. Instead, He showed me He was teaching me about surrender.

Join me as I share what I learned about guarding my heart, keeping Jesus first, and why the greatest relationship we'll ever have is the one that shapes every other relationship.

"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything ...

What has your attention?

That was the question I heard at church this week, and honestly... I couldn't stop thinking about it.

Behind the smiles, work, school, marathon training, and everyday life, I found myself quietly battling overthinking, loneliness, and questions about the future. Then God led me to Numbers 21, where one simple command changed the way I saw everything:

Look and live.

In this episode, I share how God reminded me t...

This week, God taught me something I didn't expect.

After my mom asked why I would spend money to run a marathon, I started asking myself a deeper question: Why do I keep chasing dreams?

Between a 72-hour work week, exams, tennis, marathon training, and reflecting on several moments when I almost lost my life, I realized that every day is a gift from God.

Then something happened at church that completely changed this episode.

Join me a...

I missed church this week—and honestly, I felt guilty about it. Between a big tennis match, helping my grandma after her washing machine broke, marathon training, long work shifts, and life moving faster than expected, I wondered if I was falling behind spiritually.

But God reminded me that He's not limited to a church building.

In this episode, I share how a canceled work shift, a laundromat, a game of bingo, a podcast, and on...

What happens when someone starts a podcast about God while still feeling like they don't know enough about the Bible?

In this first episode, I share my story—from growing up in the Philippines, serving in church, moving to California, feeling lonely, finding a new church, getting baptized, and realizing that faith is a journey, not a destination.

This isn't a podcast from a pastor or Bible scholar.

It's a podcast from someone wh...