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  In John 13:34, Jesus offers a commandment that is both startlingly simple and endlessly demanding: “I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.” It’s not a suggestion. It’s not a seasonal virtue. It’s a command — and it’s the one Jesus chose to give at the Last Supper, just hours before betrayal and crucifixion. That timing matters. It tells us that love isn’t just a comfort; it’s a calling. 🌍 Love as a Bridge Across Faiths For Christians, this commandment is central. But its spirit is not exclusive. Judaism teaches: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). Islam teaches: “None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and many Indigenous traditions all elevate compassion, service, and mutual care. So when Christians live out this commandment — not just toward fellow believers, but toward all people — they’re stepping into a sacre...

  In commemoration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, MSI Press is making the award-winning ecumenical book,   An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), available on Kindle countdown January 18-25. In addition, the paperback edition is available from the MSI Press webstore at 1/3 off for this week:  An Afternoon's Dictation: Inclusive Revelation for the Twenty-First Century - MSI Press MSI Press 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 N...

  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...