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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LOOKING AT REALITY FROM THE ‘RESURRECTION PERSPECTIVE’
Happy Resurrection Day! I believe that Jesus rose from the dead not merely as a religious dogma that can be self-serving and at times used as a bigoted “I-am-right-you-are-wrong” statement. I believe the Resurrection because — I see Life transcending the seeming finality of death; I see the Light surpassing the seeming endlessness of darkness; …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2018/04/01/looking-at-reality-from-the-resurrection-perspective/
PRAYING FOR KALINGA ON A SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP TIME
As I conclude my specially-appointed time for worship, I’m focusing my prayers today for the communities in Kalinga who welcomed Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Principles and Practices. We were invited to visit and share hearts and minds with the Kalinga First Nation in 2010. I’m praying that PeaceBuilders Community and Coffee For Peace would grow in our understanding of …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2018/03/04/praying-for-kalinga-on-a-sunday-morning-worship-time/
THE THREATENING EAGLE AND DRAGON WHO BOTH CLAIM TO PROTECT THE PHILIPPINES
The military and economic might of both the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China have been encroaching into our ancestral land and waters while both claiming to protect our lives and various ways of living from threatening factors. The Eagle. The United States of America wants to protect us from the threats …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2018/02/28/the-threatening-eagle-and-dragon-who-both-claim-to-protect-the-philippines/
A RADICALLY-TRANSFORMING, PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
It’s Christmas Eve in Mindanao. We’re just recovering from Marawi War where more than a thousand died and more than a million people were displaced. Then Tropical Storm Vinta devastated us in the past two days with floods and landslides leaving 200+ dead. Now, we’re watching a major fire — a known mall in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/12/24/a-radically-transforming-peaceful-christmas-to-all/
MUSLIM FRIENDS INVITE ‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ TO BE HALAL CERTIFIED
For the past 10 months, I have been thinking of going to an Islamic office to inquire how Coffee For Peace Bistro could become a certified Halal place for food and beverages. This would attract more folks belonging to the Muslim community from Davao City and from all over Mindanao to trust CFP, to become …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/12/12/muslim-friends-invite-coffee-for-peace-to-be-halal-certified/
PEACEBUILDERS METRO MANILA IS ATTRACTING MORE PAR PRACTITIONERS
The PeaceBuilders Community in MetroManila is being enriched by the participation of a few more people who are challenged to follow Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Many of them are especially attracted to the Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Theology and its application to the various issues in life and society that they are concerned about. …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/11/03/peacebuilders-metro-manila-is-attracting-more-par-practitioners/
THE BUILDING OF THE NEW KAPEYAPAAN SHOP IS WELL UNDER WAY IN BUKIDNON
The roots of Coffee For Peace, Inc. is getting deeper among the rural poor. For this reason, we have established Kapeyapaan (Tagalog, kape=coffee + kapayapaan=peace)—a low capitalization business for rural ‘farmerpreneurs’ (from coffee farming, to coffee processing, to operating inexpensive but high quality rural coffee shops). The home of Kapeyapaan Shop, which will also be …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/10/19/the-building-of-the-new-kapeyapaan-shop-is-well-under-way-in-bukidnon/
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