Category: PEACE WITH THE CREATION

Economic-Ecological Transformation

IN SEARCH OF THE ASIAN WITHIN ME: A PHILOSOPHICAL-THEOLOGICAL JOURNEY

Long time ago, in another universe, I dreamed of the Filipino people getting closer to Asia. I grew up in an American-dominated religious community and I felt I needed to get to know the Asian in me. So, I went to the Asian Center at the University of the Philippines and completed a master’s degree …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/10/26/in-search-of-the-asian-within-me-a-philosophical-theological-journey/

JOJI REPRESENTS CFP IN A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ‘SHARED PROSPERITY’

The Duterte Administration is being handed a very strong Philippine economy.  “It accelerated 6.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, the fastest among 11 selected economies in Asia,” according to the latest report of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries. “It outpaced expansions in China (6.7 percent), Vietnam (5.5 percent), Indonesia (4.9), …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/08/24/joji-represents-cfp-in-a-national-conference-on-shared-prosperity/

ATE EDNA MANAGES THE SECOND ‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ SHOP

I’m so excited about the on-going construction of Coffee For Peace Bistro, the second Coffee For Peace (CFP) shop. It was first conceptualized 18 months ago when the management team realized the growing market demand for our products and services. The various awards we have been receiving also prompted our clientele, our partners, and our network to …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/08/16/the-second-coffee-for-peace-shop-is-being-built/

BAGOBO-TAGABAWA TRIBAL COUNCILS WELCOME PBCI & CFP

Your Native Title, I sincerely acknowledge. This land is your land! (Lakan Sumulong)   Jobee Basas, our current intern, and I are excited to receive a very important document from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Region 11. The NCIP has released its Certificate of Compliance to the Free, Prior and Informed Consent …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/07/30/bagobo-tagabawa-tribal-councils-welcome-pbci-and-cfp/

PAQUIBATO FARMERS LEARN COFFEE PRODUCTION AT CFP-PBCI CENTER

Your hands’ work feed us, Tiller of the sacred land. May we serve with you? (Lakan Sumulong)   20-22 July 2016.  It’s always a privilege to be visited by our farming partners. To pray together. To eat together. To learn together. To share our struggles for justice and peace. To share our lives with each …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/07/22/paquibato-farmers-learn-coffee-production-at-cfp-pbci-center/

COFFEE FOR PEACE INVITES CANADIAN PARTNERS FOR IMPACT INVESTING

Imagine. Coffee For Peace Canada. A group of Canadian investors who see life and reality from the lenses of Peace Theology and are committed to help build justice and peace among coffee farming communities around the world. These are women and men who are convinced to invest in companies like Coffee For Peace that aims …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/06/17/coffee-for-peace-invites-canadian-partners-for-impact-investing/

I’M AN ANABAPTIST. I MUST NOT BE MILITANT AGAINST MILITANT PEOPLE

Militant. Combative. Aggressive. Violent. Confrontational. Usually for the purpose of advancing a worldview, a value system, a set of behaviors. Mostly visible in religious, social, or political advocacies or programs. We live in a militant 21st century reality. Those who want to make good business in a world at war would like us all to …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/06/11/im-an-anabaptist-i-must-not-be-militant-against-militant-people/

OUR GLOBAL PEACE COMMUNITY

We are sent by Mennonite Church Canada Witness in partnership with our international community.