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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PCEC SUPPORTS THE NEWLY-SIGNED GPH-MILF WEALTH SHARING DEAL
I’m so happy to be a part of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) as it advance biblical peace and reconciliation as an integral part of their calling as a Body of Christ in the Philippines. This is well-expressed in their latest statement supporting the current agreement made as part of the peace process …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/07/18/pcec-supports-the-newly-signed-gph-milf-wealth-sharing-deal/
THE PHILIPPINES—ONE OF THE LEAST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD?
The Philippines is one of the least peaceful countries in the world according to the 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI). This is primarily because of the internal civil conflicts we’re facing. According to this latest GPI report, the Philippines ranked as 129th among the 162 countries that were included in the study. Last year, we ranked …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/06/28/the-philippines-one-of-the-least-peaceful-countries-in-the-world/
WHILE OUR PEOPLE IS IN POVERTY, WE’RE INCREASING OUR MILITARY SPENDING
The Philippine economy is getting better, so the government says. According to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), “the Philippine economy posted a 7.8 percent GDP growth in the first quarter of 2013 from 6.5 percent the previous year. The Q1 growth is the highest so far under the Aquino administration and also the third consecutive …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/06/16/while-our-people-is-in-poverty-were-increasing-our-military-spending/
THE ART OF TRANSCENDING OUR OWN CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
How do we transcend the cycles of violence that bewitch our human community while still living in them? This is the basic question in John Paul Lederach’s book, The Moral Imagination (2005). Moral refers to our mind’s capacity to create—to think, to reflect, and to act. Imagination refers to our capacity to generate constructive processes …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/05/26/the-art-of-transcending-our-own-cycle-of-violence/
GOD’S BLESSINGS ARE USUALLY WRAPPED IN LIFE’S CHALLENGES
I’m excited! God’s new set of blessings are indeed wrapped in various degrees of challenges and seeming disappointments. And God is gracious and merciful! The gifts are being unwrapped before my amazed eyes from fear to courage, from sorrows to joy, from want to abundance, from crises to celebration! I was fearful because my field …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/05/08/gods-blessings-are-usually-wrapped-in-lifes-challenges/
A PRAYER FOR THE WORKERS OF THE WORLD
God, today, the First of May, I resonate with the voices of the oppressed labourers around the world–whether they labour in urban areas or in rural areas. I pray that the greedy systems of this world that continue to exploit the workers would eventually be dismantled and be replaced by farming, trade and industrial relationships …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/05/01/a-prayer-for-the-workers-of-the-world/
I’M PRAYING FOR THE DEMILITARIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
Between April 05 and 17, over 8,000 Philippine and American military personnel are participating in this year’s 29th Joint Exercises known as “Balikatan 2013”. Balikatan is a Pilipino term that translates to shoulder-to-shoulder. Both the US and the Philippine military forces make sure that they maintain inter-operability. Balikatan 2013 is Co- Directed by PH Major …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/04/10/im-praying-for-the-demilitarization-of-the-philippines/
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