Socio-Political Transformation
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/
Introducing “Ruby Hagupit” Typhoon Ruby, now internationally known as Typhoon Hagupit (Tagalog, “lash”), is expected to make landfall on Saturday evening. Forecasts and trajectory reports indicate confusion and disagreementsbetween different weather agencies. European predictions suggest a direct hit on the country, starting in Leyte or Eastern Samar and making its way northwesterly through the central …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/12/05/our-community-declares-red-alert-as-hagupit-lashes-at-eastern-visayas/
“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/
After leading a community reflection this Sunday morning, Joji, Byron, Dawn, and I drove to Kapatagan — a community at the foothills of Mount Apo. We were hosted by our friends, Edwin and Inday Arcenas. We will soon be neighbors to be partners in advocating Peace and Reconciliation principles and to plant Arabica coffee together …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/11/23/exploring-a-future-peace-farm-in-kapatagan/
We, at PBCI, are so happy that you are here with us during your birthday, Gerd! ___ Gerd Bartel was the first person in Canada who listened to a dream of doing a church-based peacebuilding mission to the Philippines that would embrace the neighbor, even so-called enemies, with the love of God. A graduate research …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/11/13/pbci-celebrates-gerds-birthday/
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/
Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact
