“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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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/
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