15 September 2020 | oikoumene.org
Can you reflect on the element of confession in this year’s Season of Creation?
Dr Andrianos: The 2020 celebration guide and the new website of the Season of Creation have many inspiring elements. Specifically, I find most inspiring the confession part of the ecumenical prayer service in the celebration guide, which is based on Leviticus 25:1-25.
Since the beginning, God’s wisdom gave us the Sabbath to let people and the earth rest every seventh day or every 49 years.
We have not allowed the land to observe a Sabbath, and the earth is struggling to renew. Nowadays, our living pushes the planet beyond its limits and this has led human beings to a lifestyle that is far from peaceful. We should confess our demand that the Earth produce beyond its limits and our bondage to desire more.