Stories of Hope, Unity and Transformation
Beauty in the Journey
Life is Cruel I remember one of my professors in class saying, “Life is cruel,” as my blockmates and I analyzed a story reflecting our world. Being a wide-eyed sixteen-year-old then, I nodded my head without hesitation. After all, humanity’s pain from broken...
A Glimpse into the Ethnoarts Workshop
How does an ethnoarts workshop look like? Here are pictures of the Ini Kos Konamin Tanong Buwis (Obo Monuvu for “This Is Our Land”) workshop that took place at the Manobisa High School in Magpet, North Cotabato, last July 11-14; 17-20, 2023. One Voice Magazine wanted...
Day One Day
What would it look like to begin again? What would it look like to encounter the love of God as if it were the first time? To have our hearts burn in love for Jesus as if it were “Day One” of knowing Him, and to steady our gaze and longing for the “One Day” of Jesus...
Saying “YES” to Go
My heart for missions began in April 2015. I got connected to Jesus Flock, a church in Cubao, and joined their mission trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Back then, I knew little about missions. Although I heard a lot of stories about mission trips from my churchmates in...
The Salimbaa PART 3: The Miraculous Story of How a Dream Led the Tinananon Tribe to Jesus
“The instrument was shaped like a bowl, and it was made out of metal. A wooden ring wrapped the bowl. Connected to the wooden ring were 30 strings that stretched from the outside of the bowl toward the middle. It was so fascinating! I leaned in, looked closely at the...
The Salimbaa: The Miraculous Story of How a Dream Led the Tinananon Tribe To Jesus [PART 2]
When I finished building the tribal instrument from my dream, I bought my ticket to fly to the island where the Tinananontribe was located. This was the tribe that I had miraculously dreamt about! I traveled to 10 and a half hours to the border of the mountain range....
The Salimbaa: The Miraculous Story of How a Dream Led the Tinananon Tribe To Jesus [PART 1]
Caleb Byerly dreamt of a strange tribal instrument, then went to the Philippines and found the same tribe he dreamt of in a far-flung mountain. In 2013, I went to sleep one night, and I had a dream. In the dream, I saw a large tribe of people, and they were all...
Fathering Mindanao
The story of Dave Magalong. It’s not all the time that my friends and I enjoy a treat of prime steak and mashed potatoes while listening, wide-eyed and intent, at a man whom God is raising to father Mindanao. Pastor Dave Magalong was once based in BF Homes, Paranaque,...
I Really Don’t Know Anything: How to Walk in Fruitfulness
This article was originally published last February 7, 2023 in the writer’s personal page: https://vergeascabano.com/2023/02/i-really-dont-know-anything-how-to-walk-in-fruitfulness/. I’ve always thought that living productively is all about strategies and tactics. If...
Stepping into the EthnoArts
"So, what do you do as missionaries?” “We do EthnoArts work.” Whenever we get to this point in conversations, we almost always launch into a mini-lecture about what we do in the field. When people hear words like “church planter,” or “outreach volunteer,” they seem to...
Partner’s Corner
CORRIE TEN BOOM: THE SAINT WHO SURVIVED RAVENSBRÜCK
When World War 2 broke out, many Jews were being rounded up and sent on one-way trips to the concentration camps of the Third Reich. The ten Booms decided to fight back by making their home a safe house for Jews. This Dutch family would hide the Jews, give them new...
Bakit nangyari ang COVID-19? Nasaan ang Diyos sa lahat ng ito?
Galing sa Librong, What About Covid 19? Why? What Now? What’s Next? by OMF Literature Inc. “Natutulog ba ang Diyos?” Iyan marahil ang tanong ng ibang tao ngayon. Nasaan ba ang Diyos sa panahon ng kagipitan? Ito rin ang tanong ng salmista: “O Yahweh, bakit masyado kang...
GROWING PERSECUTION LEADS TO AWAKENING OF THE CHURCH IN CHINA
The church in China has been through seasons of intense persecution over the last century, as well as seasons of greater freedom. While these easier times in recent years may have come as a relief, some say they also led to the church becoming more “professional”;...