The “Broken Chair,” an impressive wooden sculpture in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva (the United Nations Office at Geneva), Switzerland, depicts a giant chair with a broken leg. It was constructed on the initiative of Paul Vermeulen of…
On international human rights day, December 10, Ralston Deffenbaugh, Assistant General Secretary for International Affairs and Human Rights, analyses the striking comparison between text about Jesus' trial and death, and the…
SÃO LEOPOLDO, Brazil – Reformation – Education – Transformation (R-E-T): Would we, more than a 100 people from over 40 countries, manage to identify clearly the intersection of these areas? Would we able to find common themes and lessons so that…
After an intense two weeks of negotiations at the climate change summit in Paris a historic agreement was reached but for the people of Northern Ethiopia it is already too late. They are already experiencing the effects of El Niño, a global…
I look forward to the Christian-Muslim consultation, 10-13 March on hermeneutics, titled "Transformative Readings of Sacred Scriptures". The consultation…
Czech diaconal worker Janka Adameova, says that through the LWF Conviviality process, she has learnt how important it is to be rooted in values that seem fragile by today's standards.
Muslim chaplain Naveed Baig looks at the religious role of pastoral care givers, and what they learn about the image of God from their patients. This blog post builds on his presentation at the LWF-led International…
In 1984, Adrienne Mornement was one of the nurses deployed with the LWF in the Ethiopian village of Mote during one of the worst famines the country had ever seen. Thirty years later her daughter, Hannah Mornement, travelled to…
