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COP 29 blogs by a Dutch Mennonite
Updates from COP 29 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) “We are witnessing terrible violence against God’s beloved creation. And we are increasingly aware of how much we share in the harm, both as sinners and as sinned-against,” says Thomas R Yoder Neufeld, chair of the Faith & Life Commission. “We must…
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Prayer: To hope and act with creation
The Season of Creation, an annual ecumenical initiative, concludes with the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October. Inspired by his Canticle of Creatures and Romans 8:19-25, this prayer invites us to praise, repent and lament, and then “to hope and act with Creation”. God, Creator of heaven and earth, We praise you…
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MWC contributing carbon tax to global projects
In recognition of the environmental impact of their global work, Mennonite World Conference staff and executive committee members are now imposing a simple surcharge on themselves for each mile that they travel by air. The plan, approved in August by the MWC Executive Committee, went into effect October 14 when MWC administrator Karen Martin Schiedel…
