Economic-Ecological Transformation
For the past three years, we have witnessed the growing and deepening reaffirmation of kinship between the Bangsamoro and the Indigenous People (IP) of Mindanao.We first met local Moro and IP leaders during one of the peace conferences we attended in 2007. Prominent among the IP leaders was Datu Migketay Victorino Saway. We call him Datu …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/03/08/datu-saway-on-peace-and-kinship-god-is-pleased-with-us/
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/
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/
Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact
