The author reflects on the challenges and rewards of writing a weekly column on religion and public life. They emphasize the importance of covering faith as a central aspect of human experience and highlight the unique opportunities and sacrifices involved in this type of journalism.
Since I started writing this column in mid-2024, I have always tried but failed to keep my Sundays work-free. I was the one who suggested “The Wide Shot” to our managing editor, Miriam Grace Go, during a work-related trip to the Vatican with our CEO, Maria Ressa. I was in Doha transiting to Rome when I sent the column pitch. MyYes, I know, I have the option of finishing this column on weekdays. But I have to perfect my weekday rhythm, thus the struggle on weekends.
Ah, if you could only see me on Sundays! I have written this column in a car on the way to Tagaytay, in another moving vehicle on the way to Laguna, minutes before a wedding, and in the middle of many family gatherings. Once, I even wrote it while a storm was raging. “The Wide Shot,” the fruit of much sacrifice, is undoubtedly one of my professional milestones in 2024. This Sunday column is a weekly analysis-slash-reflection on religion and public life. It is not a place of worship (although I quote prayers from time to time), but a plaza where we can discuss the intersection of faith and different aspects of society: the I write this because I strongly believe that religion should not be isolated in prayer books, devotionals, or parish newsletters. Our job, as journalists, is to help people make sense of the world. We cannot do this by focusing only on power and money. And for billions of people, the most important part of their lives is not the government, schools and hospitals, the justice system, or climate change.EID MUBARAK. The author with Imam Omar Bobis after the Eid’l Fitr morning prayers at Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, April 10, 202
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