Category: PEACE WITH THE CREATION

Economic-Ecological Transformation

PAR BUKIDNON ESTABLISHES INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLANS

From the 20th to the 22nd of January we were in Bukidnon Province. We met with the architects of Central Mindanao University’s Mount Kalayo Institute for Social Enterprise Growth (MKISEG) to explore the possibility of a partnership between MKISEG and Coffee For Peace to create a program for training indigenous farmers in coffee cultivation. We …

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WE’RE SO EXCITED TO EMBRACE 2015

  To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Isaiah 43:18 There are overwhelming reasons why Joji and I, along with the whole PeaceBuilders Community, are excited to …

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MY 2014 CHRISTMAS DAY REFLECTION

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 …

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I CRY JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF BUS BOMBING IN BUKIDNON

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 …

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CHECKING MY ALIGNMENT WITH THE BIBLICAL VISION OF TRANSFORMATION

“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 …

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KALINGA PAR COMMUNITY IS BORN!

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 …

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MY UNDERSTANDING OF POWER ACCORDING TO JESUS

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, …

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact