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  We live in a world of quick conclusions. A stranger’s accent, a headline, a tradition we don’t understand—these are often enough to trigger judgment. But what if there’s another way to live? One rooted not in suspicion, but in faith—not blind faith, but a trust in the possibility of connection beyond difference?  One Family Indivisible  explores this very crossroads. Author Steven Greenebaum invites us on a journey through his life—one shaped by spiritual curiosity and a deep desire to find common ground in a divided world. It’s not a journey that ignores our differences. Quite the opposite. It honors them, while showing how they need not divide us. At the heart of this journey is a question: Do we let our judgments define others before we know them? Or can we choose faith—not just in the divine, but in one another? This book doesn’t offer easy answers. Instead, it offers something more valuable: a model for living that embraces Interfaith understanding, mutual respect,...

  NO JUDGMENT “Mercy triumphs over judgment.” --I James 2: 13   “Love is a many-splendored thing,” the popular song celebrates. Romantic love arises from the heart and expresses its beauty. St. Paul echoed these sentiments when he described God-like love (agape): “Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over injuries. Love does not rejoice in what is wrong but rejoices with the truth. There is no limit to love’s forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure. Love never fails….There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love.” (I Corinthians 13: 4-13) Love is such a profound, unspeakable mystery, that its definitions often include what it is not. Love is like a beautiful tapestry with many colorful threads. These threads, carefully woven together, are the man...