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New Year’s resolutions: a biblical reflection

The year often begins with making firm resolutions, taken with earnestness and commitment. The following weeks and months are familiarly littered with broken promises and failures. Successful and consistent adherence to new yearsresolutions is, from my experience, rare. To change this pattern of failure, I look to the holy scripture for help.

WCC website selected for inclusion in Swiss National Library archives as resource of patrimonial importance

The World Council of Churches (WCC) website will be included in the archives of the Swiss National Library as part of a collection of websites of patrimonial importance” in Switzerland. The Swiss National Library collects specifically non-commercial websites, that are relevant to the nations heritage,” explained Anne-Emmanuelle Tankam-Tene, archivist at the WCC.

Webinar remembers past massacres in the Pacific

A webinar on 18 October remembered past massacres in the Pacific, honoring the legacy and resilience of the victims. Speakers reflected on past massacres in Samoa, the Marshall Islands, and Kanaky, all of which took place during colonial times or during occupation.

 

L’esprit et l’orientation profonde de Philip Potter « only connect » (« il suffit de se connecter ») résonnent chez les artisans de paix

En absorbant l’orientation profondément simple de Philip Potter pour le mouvement œcuménique – « only connect » (« il suffit de se connecter ») - les personnes réunies pour un hommage en ligne à l’ancien secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont puisé dans l’héritage toujours grandissant d’un homme remarquable.