Voices from the Communion: Einar Tjelle, Church of Norway (LWI) – Shared commitment to care for the Earth yields not only fruits of the Earth but also the fruits of peacemaking, Rev. Einar Tjelle is convinced. In the Church of Norway, one of the 148 member...
Athena Peralta is World Council of Churches programme executive for Economic and Ecological Justice. How does “Jubilee for the Earth,” this year’s Season of Creation theme, inspire you? Peralta: What inspires me most is how the concept of jubilee holds together...
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other...
Hundreds of Christian women and men from different churches and from every region of the globe took part in an online ecumenical prayer service to mark the opening of the annual Season of Creation. The season, celebrated by Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches...
“We cannot go back to what was normal,” says Mary Philip, Associate Professor for Lutheran Global Theology and Mission at the Martin Luther University College, Canada, as she looks back on the months since the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
Each year, the ecumenical Season of Creation is celebrated from 1 September (the day of prayer for the care of creation) to 4 October (the feast of St Francis of Assisi as observed by many traditions). This year its theme is “Jubilee for the Earth.” In a letter to...
