Stories of faith, hope and encouragement

UPCOMING EVENTS: ---------- NEXT MEDICAL OUTREACH: November 17-23, 2024 Tawi-Tawi, PH ---------- Creative Media Workshop YWAM UofN, Kona, HI January 2025 ---------- UNDER DEVELOPMENT: "The Backpack Journalist" online course

THE BLOGS

A blog about finding meaning in the moment and purpose in the plan, seen through the lens of RTB’s production guru (Lib).

An unfettered archive of rants and anecdotes from the frazzled mind of a working photojournalist.

RTB: UP AND COMING STUFF

Field Notes

Good News Stories are Trending

A new trend in online audience behaviour shows a shift toward solution-oriented content. Headline fatigue and doom scrolling are taking their toll on our mental health. People want fresh and more hopeful perspectives to the mainstream narrative.

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Field Notes

Chad of God

I sat down to breakfast in the Manila guesthouse where we stay when we’re in the city.  At the end

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SHORT FILMS

Balabac 'n Back

YWAM Ships Philippines delivers critical medical and dental aid to isolated coastal communities as an outpouring of our faith to people of the Philippine Islands.

We are amazed at the goodness of God to provide for the needs of yet another successful medical/dental outreach, this time with 148 volunteers serving 3 communities in the Balabac Island group off southern Palawan.

More outreaches to come. Get involved… and let’s go together!!!

There...go I.

We read about it in the news… we see it in our streets… HOMELESSNESS is now a sprawling issue for urban and rural communities across North America. Actual numbers of homeless individuals are potentially 5X more than casual surveys indicate, and the numbers are increasing. What can we do?

In this video, we look at the holistic efforts of a group of volunteers at Lighthouse Community in rural British Columbia, Canada. The Lighthouse is a volunteer driven ministry hosted by a local chapter of the Salvation Army. This story is told through the eyes of “Dave” and “Jeri”, two members of the local homeless community.

RELIEF WORK

Water taxi to connect with Philippine National Coastguard patrol boat.

Love Beyond: a Philippine love story

In our work, we often talk about “going the extra mile.” But what does that really mean? For us, it means showing up where few others will. It means bringing hope to those who may feel forgotten. It means loving …without expecting anything in return.

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Papua New Guinea: Eye-Eye, Doctor!

There are no electronic medical records In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea; no insurance companies, and no Medicare. But as one volunteering eye-doctor said, “It gets you back to being a physician; to being what you got in it for in the first place.”

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Ukraine: Make chickens, not war!

A courageous group of volunteers, from different churches across western Canada share their love for the people of Ukraine through practical acts of faith. Most recently, their efforts focus on a food-security and sustainable agricultural project, just west of the conflicted Donbas region.

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CULTURE

Heavy rains wash over the streets of Kapitolyio, Pasig City, Manila, Philippines during Easter Holy Week.

A Good Friday Cleansing

Beneath darkened skies, heavy rains wash over the streets of Bario Kapitolyio in Manila, Philippines.The rains today come after a lengthy period of drought – as though it were a sign from Heaven to reassure the community of the reality of Easter Holy Week, now in full swing.

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Perspectives

Perspectives is a collection of short video interviews of Christian leaders from around the world sharing their insights, applications and encouragement for the Church body

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New RTB Contributor

Christian Komla Adzogenu from Togo, West Africa, has taken a bold step of faith into full-time media missions… a calling as much as it is a vocation.  Christian will be joining Rattle The Bones global team as a regular contributor and we couldn’t be more pleased to be working with him.

Welcome aboard, Christian!

YWAM Ships Philippines Overview

Bayanihan is a Tagalog word meaning “hero of the community”. It lies at the heart of Filipino culture and feeds the desire to be in one community, helping one another without any expectation in return.

It is also a core value of the ongoing work of YWAM Ships Philippines. YWAM Ships Philippines is part of a global fleet of Christian medical ships delivering practical help and hope of the Gospel to people living in isolated coastal communities in the South Pacific.

 

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