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The Thinker

Why should we bother with Christian Unity Week?

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It is a good excuse for inter-denominational drinking contests!
It is a time when we can all forget about our minor differences before going right back to the same petty squabbles for the other 51 weeks of the year.
If we don’t bother with Christian Unity week, who will?
Because it means that I get to go to another groovy barn-dance.
To fulfil God’s dream.
Why indeed? How can we have Christian Unity when the Roman Catholic church denies Non-Catholics the body and blood of Christ at the Eucharist?
We should bother with Christian Unity because we were called not to be individuals with our own separate relationships with God, but to be a corporate body. We should not have to bother with Christian Unity week — it should be an all year round priority.
Because we are all united through the blood of our Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ.
It gives us all a chance to love each other, instead of arguing over petty issues like homosexuality.
Q: If God is for us, who can be against us?
A: Ourselves if we never talk to each other! How can a family exist without communication, support and love, regardless of our differences? None of us will ever have a perfect perception of God, but through efforts like Christian Unity we can challenge our own ideas and test them through the bible and experience.
’Cos barn dances and snowball fights are no fun otherwise!
Well, I know that my body doesn’t work very well when bits keep deciding to do their own thing …
Because otherwise the different traditions within Christianity would understand each other less and fear each other more.
’Cos I’m helping to run it!
To celebrate our differences!
Because it was at the Barn Dance during the week of prayer for Christian Unity last year that I met my boyfriend!

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Last modified: 25th November 2005