Psycho-social transformation
Earlier today, we chatted with our children and grandchildren online. I am very, very happy and overwhelmingly grateful for the provision of the Creator for my family. For this, I praise God and shout MERRY CHRISTMAS from my heart. Along with many of my fellow workers, I’m praying and passionately contributing, even in our small …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/12/25/my-2014-christmas-day-reflection/
My good friend and fellow peace advocate, Shirlyn Macasarte Villanueva, reports that, “Today, a Rural Transit bus from Wao going to Cagayan was bombed. Casualties reported mostly are students: 11 dead and 20 wounded. It exploded in front of the Central Mindanao University in Musuan Bukidnon.” A major news network is developing their news report …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/12/09/we-cry-justice-for-the-victims-of-bus-bombing-in-bukidnon/
“The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” (Revelation 21:26-27 NIV) My hope for the future of humanity: :: the glory of …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/11/28/checking-my-alignment-with-the-biblical-vision-of-transformation/
We were invited by a group of tribal leaders in Kalinga Province to share our the Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Principles being advocated by PeaceBuilders Community. The first segment of our Kalinga journey were spent in various tribal communities to get to get initial experience of the places, the people, and the various cultures in …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/11/08/kalinga-par-community-is-born/
Power, as I understand in the life and work of Jesus, is the Spirit-energized, transforming capacity I receive to actively advance the purposes of God–love, justice, mercy, peace–in and through me, as I incarnate myself among the people I love even at the point of giving my own life, yet not taking other human lives, …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/10/15/my-understanding-of-power-according-to-jesus/
We’re attending this gathering of diplomats, executives of international aid agencies, corporate decision makers, and political leaders. This is a sort of reaction to the growing concern about ISIS and other “radical groups.” The event is called A Forum on Current Dynamics of Radicalism in Southeast Asia: Peace Building Challenges and Opportunities in the Philippines, …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/10/02/active-nonviolent-radical-transformation-is-happening/
Being betrayed is always a possibility in the process of building relationships. We get stabbed in the back. We get deeply wounded. We forgive. We seek justice but not through violence or vengeance. We seek healing. We continue to live in peace. But then, we also say: “From now on, I’ll not allow the one …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/29/trust-and-trustworthiness-in-building-peace/
Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact
