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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DATU SAWAY ON PEACE AND KINSHIP: “GOD IS PLEASED WITH US!”
For the past three years, we have witnessed the growing and deepening reaffirmation of kinship between the Bangsamoro and the Indigenous People (IP) of Mindanao.We first met local Moro and IP leaders during one of the peace conferences we attended in 2007. Prominent among the IP leaders was Datu Migketay Victorino Saway. We call him Datu …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/03/08/datu-saway-on-peace-and-kinship-god-is-pleased-with-us/
A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON THE 28TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EDSA PEOPLE POWER
I was there! I was with millions of Filipinos who participated in the people’s movement in 22-25 February 1986 along the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) to bring down the brutal dictatorship of Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, Sr., (who is the father of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.). Since then, the event was referred to as the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/27/a-personal-reflection-on-edsa-peoples-power/
GLOBAL MENNONITE COMMUNITY EMBRACED US THROUGH JACK & IRENE SUDERMAN
The visit of Jack and Irene Suderman in Mindanao last 13-20 February 2014 was to us an embrace of our global Mennonite community. Our whole team have been immersed in the Haiyan disaster response since the 9th of November 2013. Our intense activities include: Emergency search and rescue operations for pastors and families in Ormoc …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/21/global-mennonite-community-embraced-us-through-jack-and-irene-suderman/
REVIEWING LIFE-PRIORITY, PREVIEWING LIFE-STORY
“Seek first the kingdom of God and God’s righteousness and all these things shall be added to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 “Seek first the kingdom of God…” Seeking to set one’s priorities in life based on a perspective of reality governed in accordance with God’s character–love, justice, truth, righteousness, mercy, and peace. “…and God’s …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/14/reviewing-life-priority-previewing-life-story/
MY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III
I came across this photo by Rappler — an online news outfit in the Philippines — asking the readers: Do you have any birthday wishes for him? My wish for President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is to really be sincere in acting out his original ideas against corruption. But he is merely dealing with the symptoms of corruption. …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/08/my-birthday-wish-for-president-benigno-s-aquino-iii/
PRAYING THAT PHILIPPINE CHURCHES WOULD STOP MIMICKING AMERICAN CHURCHES
I’m touched by this hope-full message for the Church in America by Dr. Walter Brueggemann, one of my most favorite American theologians. Sadly, most Filipino pastors and churches mimic the current form of American Christianity that Brueggemann is talking about. Filipino churches do not have to mimic American Christianity that contributed to the United States’ colonial rule …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/01/04/im-praying-that-philippine-churches-would-stop-mimicking-american-churches/
SO INSPIRED BY THE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP OF PASTORS WHO ARE DISASTER SURVIVORS THEMSELVES
I salute the local church pastors who have significantly filled the gaps in the distribution of international and national aids. These pastors, though mostly survivors themselves, organized themselves into municipal and provincial disaster response networks. They pooled their scarce resources and maximized their respective capacities to serve the people in their communities irrespective of religious …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/12/30/im-so-inspired-by-the-spiritual-leadership-of-pastors-who-are-disaster-survivors-themselves/
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