Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Devotion - Tuesday, January 19

The "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" has begun.  An emphasis of the National Council of Churches, the Week of Prayer is intended to lift up our common, core convictions and set aside the theological subtleties which divide us.

This does not mean we give up on those fine lines of reflection.  I am not ready to stop being a Lutheran.  I know that my friend Steve would not consent to a closing off of the Methodist Church.  

But both Steve and I are grateful for the other and for what the other brings to the whole of the Christian family.  We appreciate that the family of God would be weaker if it did not include the other.

We need to pray for the unity of the Christian Church.  We need to strive for deeper appreciation of what each community has to offer.  We are "One", as Christ declares in the Gospels and prays in his High Priestly Prayer.  Living as one is the goal and hope of this week.

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