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 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING AT AN INTER-SEMINARY SUMMER EXPOSURE PROGRAM
05 April 2017. Today, I gave a lecture on A Christian Theology of Peace and It’s Application in the Peace Processes in the Philippines as the final activity of a 10-day inter-seminary exposure program on inter-faith dialogue. The audience was primarily a select group of religious and spiritual leaders coming from Mindanao’s Indigenous People, Bangsamoro, …
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MOST OF OUR PRESENT ENERGIES ARE FOCUSED ON PAR LEADERSHIP BUILDING
We have reached our 10th year as International Witness Partnership Workers with Mennonite Church Canada. Our first year was invested in establishing network acquaintances, getting to know the geographical, social, cultural, and political terrain of Mindanao, and learning from the wisdom of the elders, starting with our Bangsamoro mentor, then from among the elders of …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/03/07/most-of-our-present-energies-are-focused-on-par-leadership-building/
THIS IS HOW I PRAY FOR THE PHILIPPINES THESE DAYS
A prayer for peace for my beloved people in this beautiful land, especially these days when our people are so divided and the horizon seems to be too dark: For the success of the Duterte government in its vision to fight against corruption, criminality, and drugs; for the determination of the government to stop …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/03/01/this-is-how-i-pray-for-the-philippines-these-days/
THE BANAO AND SUMACHER TRIBES IN KALINGA WELCOME PBCI & CFP
PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) and Coffee For Peace (CFP) have been enjoying a growing relationship with the various tribes of Kalinga province. I visited Kalinga again as a continuation of our prayerful commitment to support their aspiration for genuine autonomy. I praise the Great Creator — for those rich moments of bonding with our Kalinga family who …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/02/02/the-banao-and-sumacher-tribes-in-kalinga-welcome-pbci-cfp/
WE HONOR THE MAN OF PEACE WHO WELCOMED US IN MINDANAO
Between December 2004 and June 2005, I lived among the Bangsamoros in the Municipality of Sultan Kudarat, Province of Maguindanao and shared life with this amazing people group. I was embraced by the people in Sultan Kudarat, specifically by the family of Datu Kharis Matalam Baraguir. It was through their simple life and their daily …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/01/19/we-honor-the-man-of-peace-who-welcomed-us-in-mindanao/
THIS YEAR, WE’LL FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING PAR COMMUNITIES IN PANAY ISLAND
HAPPY NEW YEAR! What a journey we had in 2016! Here’s a bunch of stories we shared to our accountability partners here in the Philippines. Our focus in the year 2017 is to establish Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Communities in the five provinces of Panay Island. In the last quarter of 2016, we have …
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WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM, WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS 2016 WITH YOU
We celebrate the birth of Jesus with much excitement, perhaps even more enthusiastic, as we think of the current journey of our people in the Philippines. The first major message of the Christmas story is “Peace on Earth!” Why? Because the socio-historical context of the Christmas story was unpeace: Roman Imperialism dictated that people should …
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