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The fifth reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2022 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written by Peter Pavlovic.* He reflects that  Europe is a water rich continent, still, a lot of concerns related to water availability persist in the region.  Climate change makes this problem worse, our vulnerability is, as the last IPCC report warns, increasingly exposed.  Faith describes the world as a gift of God given to humanity. Fragility of our existence is closely related to disrespecting the limits of the world in which we live and is rooted in the failure of our relationship with God.

Die dritte Reflexion der Sieben Wochen im Zeichen des Wassers 2022 des Ökumenischen Wassernetzwerks des ÖRK wurde von Louk Andrianos* geschrieben. Er reflektiert über die Worte Gottes, die wir bei Jakobus und Johannes finden, und warnt Christinnen und Christen vor den weniger wahrgenommenen „ökologischen Sünden“ gegenüber Wasser: „Verschmutzung“. Wenn unser Durst nicht durch das Wasser Jesu Christi gestillt wird und wir einen materiellen konsumbetonten Lebensstil verfolgen, handeln wir manchmal als Schmutzwasserquellen, die die Schöpfung zerstören, statt ihr Leben zu geben. Wir sollten nicht die Quelle für Loben und Fluchen sein (Jakobus 3,10-11). 

The third reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2022 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written by Louk Andrianos.* He reflects on the  words of God found in James and John, by warning Christians about less recognized  “ecological sins" toward water: “pollution.” When our thirst is not quenched by Jesus Christ’s water and we follow the worldly consumption lifestyle, we act sometimes as springs of polluted water that are destroying creation instead of giving life to it. We cannot be the source of blessing and cursing (James 3: 10-11). 

Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this eighth text was written by Tamsyn Kereopa, a PhD candidate with the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this fifth text was written by Bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic), bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church.