It saddens me to see my church tearing itself apart over gay marriage. The report ‘Living in Love and Faith’ was supposed to offer us an opportunity to stop lobbing grenades at each other, climb out of our trenches and start listening to each other.
This is not going to solve the situation that faces us. In my view there is no solution. We are at an absolute impasse, and I find, as I try and listen to all sides, that attitudes are hardening.
But there is one thing which we can and should be doing. Building good relationships is essential for some kind of reconciliation. I don’t mean agreement – that’s not going to be possible. But we learned that good, loving, friendly, relaxed relationships are possible when we were working in Romania on a reconciliation project with the Cross of Nails. Yes, there are always things on which we will disagree. But if we’ve built good friendships, if we’ve listened respectfully, if we truly care for each other, then at least we will have something loving to bridge the gap between us. It won’t be agreement, but it will be love.
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If only people would take your advice to heart, the world would be a better place.xxx
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Thing is, we proved it was possible when we were in Romania. But people so often can’t see past the disagreement. But we must xxx
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