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  Christian Unity Week always reminds me of something both simple and radical: we already belong to one another. Long before we sort ourselves into denominations, traditions, cultures, or languages, we share the same breath, the same earth, the same human longing for meaning and mercy. We are one family on this planet—not metaphorically, but biologically, historically, spiritually. Religion doesn’t have to divide us. At its best, it does the opposite. Across Christian traditions, the call to unity isn’t about erasing difference. It’s about recognizing the deeper truth beneath our differences: that every person carries the image of God, and every community holds a piece of wisdom the rest of us need. During this week, Christians around the world pray for unity. But the prayer stretches beyond church walls. It reaches toward neighbors of every faith and no faith, toward all who seek peace, justice, and compassion. Unity is not uniformity. Unity is relationship. Unity is cho...

  Recently,  An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), reached #178 on the Amazon bestseller list of books in ecumenism Christian theology. The book has been on bestseller lists many times.  Book Description:  In 1999 Steven Greenebaum felt he'd hit the wall. Fifty years old, he could not make sense of his life or the world around him. For several months he angrily demanded answers from God, if God were there. One afternoon, an inner voice told him to get a pen and paper and write. Steven then took dictation - three pages, not of commandments but guidance for leading a meaningful life.   An Afternoon's Dictation  grapples with, organizes, and deeply explores the revelations Steven received and then studied for over ten years. His sharing is NOT offered as the only possible way to understand it the dictation. It is offered, rather, as a start. The book's sections include deep explorations into "The Call to Interfaith," "The Call to Love One Another," ...

  Every January, Christians around the world step into a quiet, steady rhythm of prayer for something both ancient and urgently contemporary: unity. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, observed each year from January 18–25 in the Northern Hemisphere, is an eight‑day (“octave”) tradition shared across denominations, cultures, and continents. It’s one of the few moments in the Christian calendar when Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, and many free‑church communities intentionally pray the same prayers, reflect on the same Scriptures, and hold the same hope: “That they all may be one” (John 17:21). 📅 When It Happens January 18–25 every year in the Northern Hemisphere In the Southern Hemisphere, many communities observe it between Ascension and Pentecost to align with their summer season The January dates were originally chosen to fall between two symbolic feasts: January 18: Feast of St. Peter January 25: Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul These two apostles — somet...