As we write this, the war between Russia and Ukraine is only five days old, but more than 500,000 people have become refugees in that time, and of course many more remain in the country – some fighting, many hiding. We asked LWCCN friend Alexander Malov, who is one of […]
Regions and Countries: Prayer
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Following last month’s Pollinator on taking the long view of creation, one of our readers, Thomas Hieber, sent along a copy of what has become known as The Romero Prayer after Bishop Romero of San Salvador who was martyred in 1980. While it appears that the prayer was not actually […]
Here’s an invitation from Climate Intercessors to join them in prayer for the climate crisis. Prayer times are being held over Zoom and three times each scheduled day in order to accomodate different time zones. The next event will be February 8 as follows: Join our global zoom prayer meetings onTuesday, […]
Here is a unique and important idea: Join your prayer concerns with those of others around the world byusing WEA Sustainability Center’s digital world map. Here’s how it works: What creation care concern near you draws you into prayer? What need of creation leads you to supplication? What nature-based blessing […]
Matthias Boehning of the WEA Sustainability Center has compiled the following important summary of coming events for 2022. Please read, pray, and share: There are great expectations for the new year 2022 in terms of global sustainability efforts. Much has been postponed from 2020 and 2021 to a later date […]
Prayer Assignment “Do two work together unless they have agreed to do so?” Amos 3:3 So often we imagine we can accomplish much on our own, yet God calls us to walk in unity and friendship. There is a lot of conversation about collaboration in COP26 – because they have found it works so much better to […]
There is going to be a lot of climate news over the next two weeks as COP26 gets under way. The conference opened in Glasgow a few hours ago, and in the next couple of days will move from ceremonial speeches to hard-core negotiating. No one knows how this one […]
Our friends at CCOP (Christian Climate Observers Program) recently told us about this effort to get people praying before and during the upcoming COP26 meetings in Glasgow, Scotland: Recently, several creation care organizations launched a campaign called #ClimateVigil. Together, they are calling millions of Christians around the world to pray […]
The Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network’s foundational document is The Jamaica Call to Action (read it here). One of the most important sections of that document is this Call to Prayer: Each of our calls to action rest on an even more urgent call to prayer, intentional and fervent, soberly aware […]
A relatively new prayer initiative, Climate Intercessors, got a push this month with an article in Christianity Today: “Asking God to Reduce Climate Emissions“: The prayer campaign is organized by former Baptist missionary Lowell Bliss and includes leaders from the Lausanne/World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network, A Rocha International, Youth With A […]