Socio-Political Transformation
I was there! I was with millions of Filipinos who participated in the people’s movement in 22-25 February 1986 along the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) to bring down the brutal dictatorship of Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, Sr., (who is the father of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.). Since then, the event was referred to as the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/27/a-personal-reflection-on-edsa-peoples-power/
The visit of Jack and Irene Suderman in Mindanao last 13-20 February 2014 was to us an embrace of our global Mennonite community. Our whole team have been immersed in the Haiyan disaster response since the 9th of November 2013. Our intense activities include: Emergency search and rescue operations for pastors and families in Ormoc …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/21/global-mennonite-community-embraced-us-through-jack-and-irene-suderman/
“Seek first the kingdom of God and God’s righteousness and all these things shall be added to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 “Seek first the kingdom of God…” Seeking to set one’s priorities in life based on a perspective of reality governed in accordance with God’s character–love, justice, truth, righteousness, mercy, and peace. “…and God’s …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/14/reviewing-life-priority-previewing-life-story/
I came across this photo by Rappler — an online news outfit in the Philippines — asking the readers: Do you have any birthday wishes for him? My wish for President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is to really be sincere in acting out his original ideas against corruption. But he is merely dealing with the symptoms of corruption. …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/02/08/my-birthday-wish-for-president-benigno-s-aquino-iii/
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/
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