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Site Semanas por el Agua 2024: La Tierra que gime necesita la resurrección del “agua de la vida”

La última reflexión de la serie, Siete Semanas para el Agua 2024, de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), está escrita conjuntamente por la Revda. Audra Hudson Stone y Jacob Stone. Sostienen que las catástrofes naturales ya no son naturales, sino provocadas por el ser humano. Estas catástrofes son el gemido de la Tierra, que llama nuestra atención para que enmendemos nuestros actos. Los Stones tienen la esperanza de que, al igual que Jesús se liberó de las cadenas de la muerte, la Madre Tierra también se liberará de su desesperación, sufrimiento y muerte a través del “agua de la vida”: Jesucristo. Para ello, ¡tenemos que favorecer y practicar la “resurrección” de la Tierra!

Seven Weeks for Water 2024, final refection: "Groaning earth needs resurrection through 'water of life'"

The last reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2024 series of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network is jointly written by Rev. Audra Hudson Stone and Jacob Stone. They argue that natural disasters are not natural anymore; rather, they are human-induced. These disasters are the groaning of the earth, which is drawing our attention to mend our ways. The Stones are hopeful that, as Jesus rose from the shackles of death, the mother earth, too, will rise from its despair, suffering, and death through the water of life”—Jesus Christ. To that end, we need to facilitate and practice resurrection” of the earth!

Site Semanas por el Agua, semana 6: "Agua depurada, gente pacífica: Una reflexión desde Pasifika (Pacífico)"

La sexta reflexión de la serie, Siete Semanas para el Agua 2024, de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) está escrita por el Rev. Dr. Jione Havea, de la región del Pacífico. Reflexionando sobre la interesante historia de la Biblia en la que Moisés convierte el agua amarga de Mara en agua potable, con la ayuda de Dios, Havea sostiene que el agua potable puede traer la paz mientras que la falta de agua es una fuente de conflicto, para después animar a los lectores a abogar por la justicia hídrica.

Churches and partners unite against modern slavery through new global Lent resource

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with the Church of England’s The Clewer Initiative (TCI), is launching a groundbreaking Lent resource addressing modern slavery. This resource aligns with WCC Churches' Commitment to Children, supporting churches and partners in their efforts to strengthen protection against exploitation.

Ecumenical accompanier: “many Palestinians simply want to live a peaceful life”

Siad Ní Bhroin, from the EAPPI UK and Ireland team, served as an ecumenical accompanier in Bethlehem from 31 August to 7 October. The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel, based on an appeal from local church leaders to create an international presence in the country, accompanies the local people and communities, offering a protective presence and witnessing daily struggles and hopes. Below, a reflection on what she witnessed while in the field.

Thirty days that changed the ecumenical movement

No holidays for William Temple, Archbishop of York, early in August 1937. The ecumenical movement for the social responsibility of the churches, known as Life and Work,” had just held its world conference in Oxford, 12-26 July, with the church struggle against emerging totalitarian states at the heart of its theme and work. Temple had drafted the final message of the conference, known for the motto let the Church be the Church.”   

Siete Semanas para el Agua 2023, semana 5: "El agua: un don de Dios, un bien público y un derecho humano. ¿Deberíamos privatizarla? ", Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates

Escrita originalmente en 2020, la quinta reflexión de las siete semanas por el agua 2023 de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del CMI es del Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates, ministro de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Saint Andrews de Suva, Fiji y capellán consultor de la Universidad de el Pacífico Sur. Bruce ha estado activo en el Pacífico desde 1975 como académico en trabajo social, desarrollo comunitario y política social, habiendo trabajado en la Universidad de Papua Nueva Guinea y la Universidad del Pacífico Sur. En la siguiente reflexión subraya la importancia del derecho humano al agua y el embate de la privatización en el contexto del agua embotellada más famosa del mundo que proviene de su país de origen, las “aguas de Fiji”.

Seven Weeks for Water 2023, week 5: "Water: a gift of God, a public good and a human right. Should we privatize it?", by Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates

Originally published in 2020, the fifth reflection of the seven weeks for water 2023 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates, a minister of Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church of Suva, Fiji and a consultant chaplain at The University of the South Pacific. Bruce has been active in the Pacific since 1975 as an academic in social work, community development and social policy having served at the University of Papua New Guinea and The University of the South Pacific. In the following  reflection he underlines the importance of human right to water and the onslaught of privatisation in the backdrop of  world’s most famous bottled water which comes from his home country, the “Fiji waters”.

What’s it like to monitor human rights in Hebron? Alex Brock gives eyewitness account

Alexander Brock, an international development practitioner from Ireland, recently returned from a deployment with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. On 1 March, he gave an eyewitness account of what it’s like to monitor human rights in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. He was part of a group of 27 ecumenical accompaniers from all over the world. 

Siete Semanas para el Agua 2020, semana 4: "El agua: un don de Dios, un bien público y un derecho humano. ¿Deberíamos privatizarla? ", Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates

La cuarta reflexión de las Siete semanas para el agua 2020 de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del CMI es obra del Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates, ministro de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Saint Andrews de Suva (Fiyi), y capellán consultor de la Universidad del Pacífico Sur. El Rev. Dr. Bruce ha trabajado activamente en el Pacífico desde 1975 como académico en materia de trabajo social, desarrollo comunitario y política social, habiendo prestado servicios en la Universidad de Papúa Nueva Guinea y en la Universidad del Pacífico Sur. En la siguiente reflexión, subraya la importancia del derecho humano al agua y la invasión de la privatización en el contexto del agua embotellada más famosa del mundo, “Fiji Water”, que proviene de su país de origen.

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In New York City, unity prayers focus on how we “can join hands and minds and do the work that God has called us to do”

Christians in New York City opened the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on 18 January by participating in a worship service at the Interchurch Center, an office building that houses many church-related organizations and many others focused on intercultural and religious exchange. The service was infused with themes of justice and unity, both from a perspective of African-American history and the urging of Christians today to put their faith into action.