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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I’M ON-GUARD AS AQUINO’S 2015 INCLUSIVE GROWTH BUDGET IS ADVANCED
So the President is advancing his 2015 Inclusive Growth Budget. Inclusive Growth is our current emphasis at Peacebuilders Community. Along with my team, I support the president’s vision for inclusive growth. At the same time, there’s a couple of deeper discernment tasks we have to continue doing to make this growth genuinely inclusive. We should …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/07/30/im-on-guard-as-aquinos-2015-inclusive-growth-budget-is-advanced/
MY REACTION TO PRESIDENT AQUINO’S SONA
The 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III is very emotionally appealing. Many statements are true. Some numbers look good. Well-prepared video anecdotes of his featured accomplishments. Compared to the past administrations between the dark era of the Marcos dictatorship, through Arroyo’s arrest for plunder charges, his is relatively …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/07/28/4248/
A PRAYER FOR ISRAEL, BASED ON THEIR BIBLICAL HISTORY
I’m saddened by the deaths happening in this conflict in Gaza. Here’s a report by The Guardian: Israel killed more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than in any other year since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip began in 1967, a UN report has said. Israel’s activities in the Gaza Strip, West Bank …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/07/15/a-prayer-for-israel-based-on-their-biblical-history/
JUST WARS? NOT TRUE.
Billions of dollars are being spent as part of the war against just-peace so you’ll believe the systemic brainwashing campaign of the warmongers. They will continue to use war-theologies, war-ideologies, war-politics, war-economics, and war-culture to perpetuate their war-construct of reality. The revolution starts with our mindset: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/06/13/just-wars-not-true/
EVALUATING OUR CHRISTIAN MISSION WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST
We are expanding our missionary presence as Witness Workers of Mennonite Church Canada. PeaceBuilders Community is now operating from the northernmost to the southernmost parts of the Philippines. We praise God for the trust of many communities who have invited us to journey with them as they seek justice and peace in their historical context. …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/06/07/evaluating-our-christian-mission-with-the-love-of-christ/
RESURRECTION REALITY AND HOPE
In the biblical worldview, the Resurrection is the preview of the final destiny of the human journey and a foretaste of the final condition of our humanity.Life is the final reality; not death. Hope is the final outlook; not despair. Good is the final value; not evil. Love is the final energy of the cosmos; …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/04/20/resurrection-reality-and-hope/
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN THE RICE FIELDS OF SANTA MARIA
This is the rice field in Santa Maria, Laguna where we used to play while the whole community joyfully plant rice in the rainy season or harvest during summer. Though my parents did not have the privilege of doing rice farming, my uncles and aunts allowed me to go with them primarily to play with …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/04/17/childhood-memories-in-the-rice-fields-of-santa-maria/
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