Dann Pantoja is beginning to use his Tagalog indigenous name -- Lakan Sumulong. This is a statement that our indigenous identities can be a redeeming factor in healing our 'being' (that is, who we are as a people); help symbolize our determination to contribute what we ought to be 'doing' as a nation (that is--active, non-violent, radical transformation); and, determine how we will prioritize what we will be 'having' (that is, inclusive growth and national development based on justice and peace). Asked what fuels his positive outlook in life: “It’s the influence of Jesus, a first century Palestinian carpenter who was executed by the imperial power of his time. He said: ‘Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.’ Jesus defied the ultimate negative factor in our cosmos--death.”
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MY 2014 CHRISTMAS DAY REFLECTION
Earlier today, we chatted with our children and grandchildren online. I am very, very happy and overwhelmingly grateful for the provision of the Creator for my family. For this, I praise God and shout MERRY CHRISTMAS from my heart. Along with many of my fellow workers, I’m praying and passionately contributing, even in our small …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/12/25/my-2014-christmas-day-reflection/
I CRY JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF BUS BOMBING IN BUKIDNON
My good friend and fellow peace advocate, Shirlyn Macasarte Villanueva, reports that, “Today, a Rural Transit bus from Wao going to Cagayan was bombed. Casualties reported mostly are students: 11 dead and 20 wounded. It exploded in front of the Central Mindanao University in Musuan Bukidnon.” A major news network is developing their news report …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/12/09/we-cry-justice-for-the-victims-of-bus-bombing-in-bukidnon/
CHECKING MY ALIGNMENT WITH THE BIBLICAL VISION OF TRANSFORMATION
“The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” (Revelation 21:26-27 NIV) My hope for the future of humanity: :: the glory of …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/11/28/checking-my-alignment-with-the-biblical-vision-of-transformation/
EXPLORING A FUTURE PEACE FARM IN KAPATAGAN
After leading a community reflection this Sunday morning, Joji, Byron, Dawn, and I drove to Kapatagan — a community at the foothills of Mount Apo. We were hosted by our friends, Edwin and Inday Arcenas. We will soon be neighbors to be partners in advocating Peace and Reconciliation principles and to plant Arabica coffee together …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/11/23/exploring-a-future-peace-farm-in-kapatagan/
MY UNDERSTANDING OF POWER ACCORDING TO JESUS
Power, as I understand in the life and work of Jesus, is the Spirit-energized, transforming capacity I receive to actively advance the purposes of God–love, justice, mercy, peace–in and through me, as I incarnate myself among the people I love even at the point of giving my own life, yet not taking other human lives, …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/10/15/my-understanding-of-power-according-to-jesus/
IS THERE JUSTICE AND PEACE IN OUR DISASTER RESPONSES TO THE HAIYAN DISASTER?
So I shared my heart and mind in this gathering called “The 11th Hour” — an interfaith dialogue about the plight of the Haiyan/Yolanda survivors, eleven months after the disaster.” What I said: :: The government disaster response was politicized :: The government was not there in the first few days after the super-typhoon :: …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/10/08/is-there-justice-and-peace-in-our-disaster-responses-to-the-haiyan-disaster/
‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ LOBBIES FOR THE PASSING OF BBL IN CONGRESS
Coffee for Peace is now available at the South Wing Annex of the House of Representatives! “The peace of Mindanao is the peace of Luzon and Visayas.” This is our message to the legislators in both Congress and Senate to get their votes in support of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). We sought the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/10/07/coffee-for-peace-lobbies-for-the-passing-of-bbl-in-congress/
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