Holy Resilience, Within a sacred world.

Change maker building generational resiliency, chain breaker transforming generational trauma, Pastor Filipina.

Mount Saint Helen, Pacific Crest Trail.

I am the first queer Filipina-American, the second Filipino-American, and seventh Filipino to be ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Journey alongside me as I speak my sacred truths in prophetic and pastoral ways.


Wholly Holy Pages


I am learning as I go. I will stumble and make mistake, so as to use those holy battlegrounds as sacred places of learning and widening my scope on the world. May we journey together into the mysteries of the unknown with faith that the Holy Spirit is our guide, Jesus our Mentor, and through the Creator

→ Aerial Photography

A picture is worth a thousand words.

→ Nature and Animals

A picture is worth a thousand words.

→ Wild Life

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Today is the day we begin.

John Appleton is an award-winning nature photographer. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his family and enjoys long hikes and black coffee.