An ecumenical project to mark the Reformation anniversary
(LWI) - During each of the forty days of Lent leading up to Easter Sunday, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will post daily reflections compiled by the Anglican-Lutheran…
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been…
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will…
In 1989, the Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I proclaimed 1 September to be a day of prayer for Creation. In time, the period between 1 September and the feast day of St Francis on 4 October was deemed the ecumenical Season of Creation. This year…
PINE RIDGE, USA/GENEVA – I was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during a time when families were still living off the land. Many of the people still gathered their food from the land, plants and wildlife but this way of life…
The climate change crisis has created a dilemma for our society. For many years we have been trying to find solutions to combat climate change and its effects…
The LWF will mark the beginning of this year’s Season of Creation by sharing the leadership of the Ecumenical Prayer for Creation in Assisi, Italy, at the Basilica of Saint Francis. The Season of Creation begins on 1 September with the World Day of Prayer for Creation, and lasts until the commemoration of St. Francis on October 4. The prayer service will focus on this year’s theme “Walking Together”, and will launch the first steps of an international, ecumenical pilgrimage to Katowice, Poland, the site of the COP 24. In addition to prayers, songs and symbolic acts of faith, a joint Ecumenical Declaration on Creation will be read by LWF General Secretary, and leaders of other Christian World Communions. This prayer service will demonstrate the ecumenical unity that all Christians share as we take bold action to care for creation.
