Socio-Political Transformation
We are so thankful for the explicit, official public support of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) to the tail-end of the peace negotiation between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The PCEC statement of support was quoted in major media outfits in the Philippines, especially in …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/01/30/so-affirmed-by-the-philippine-church-in-their-support-of-the-peace-process/
Joji and I are so happy that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was able to negotiate the ‘Bangsamoro’ with the Government of the Philippines (GPH). In the road map released by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), step 10 says there will be an election of the Bangsamoro Government …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/01/27/why-we-believe-the-new-bangsamoro-is-an-inclusive-political-entity/
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/
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/
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 was “Peace on Earth!” Why? Because the socio-historical context of the Christmas story was unpeace: :: Roman Imperialism dictates that people …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/12/22/with-much-enthusiasm-we-celebrate-christmas-with-you/
A Tsunami was about to kill thousands of people when this family Christmas photo was taken. It was the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake that caused tsunamis in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia. A few hours later after this shot, I flew out of Vancouver, Canada to live in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao. While flying …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/12/18/our-familys-journey-through-disasters/
“They are quick to use our photos to raise funds. They are slow to release the fund to the subjects in their photos.” This is a statement by Pastor Virgilio Dargantes who accompanied us to survey the needs in Eastern Samar. He was referring to the many foreign aid representatives with their photographers and video …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/12/09/haiyan-disaster-response-fund-raising-fund-releasing/
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