This edition of the Light Journal shares multidisciplinary narratives of peacebuilding that contribute to the overall thrust of keeping and sharing peace in Mindanao in relation to the celebration of the quincentenary of the first global circumnavigation which marked the coming of the Spanish colonizers and missionaries. The coming of the Spanish colonizers and missionaries occasioned stories of conflicts and peacebuilding efforts. Given this backdrop, the articles for this edition share historic narratives of conflict transformation and peacebuilding to the present times.

The first article from Atty. Ashyanna Alexine Adia Amira-Labi A. Bangcola and Dr. Ashley A. Bangcola focused on the history of conflict and its chance for conciliation considering the Moro-Filipino interfaith relations. Here, the authors presented an understanding on the historical plight of the Moro people. Through the use of conflict resolution theories, the authors characterized the conflict and conflict resolution strategies of the different peace processes starting from the Tripoli Agreement, followed by the 1996 Peace Agreement, the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), and culminating in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

In the second article, Crina Tañongon, shared a narrative discourse analysis on the construction of peace and development. Using narrative theories that view narrative as a discourse, the author traced and assembled fragments that made up the Peace and Development narrative and explored the dominant construct behind it.

The third article by Dr. Jeane Peracullo and Fr. Leonilo Avenido Dangpin Jr. delved into environmental solidarity following the post colonial ecological model of solidarity of Bishop Jose Manguiran. The authors paid tribute to the contribution of Bishop Jose, a pastoral leader with a profound and abiding love for God's creation, in the promotion of postcolonial Catholic environmentalism.

The last two articles shared contemporary accounts on peacebuilding to provide conflict transformation solutions to contemporary issues. Dr. Jason Ryan Lam presented the attributes and performance of the Lupong Tagapamayapa aimed at strengthening the Katarungang Pambarangay in the Caraga Region. Moreover, Crisante Gemeniano Jr. discussed the border controls as an emergency mechanism in averting the spread of COVID 19 virus. The efforts resulted in some conflicts, hence, the article tried to explore ways to relegate conflicts while setting regulations on territorial borders.

The studies were thematized on historical narratives on peacebuilding and contemporary narratives on conflict transformation which presented multidisciplinary studies of various fields of specialization in social sciences.

It is hoped that the readers could get meaningful insights while reading this edition of The Light Journal and contribute to the conversation on peacebuilding and conflict transformation.