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- W125577075 abstract "I remember driving thirty-five miles on a Saturday afternoon at the invitation of a denomination that, for purposes of discretion, shall remain nameless. I had been invited to attend a worship service during the denomination's annual meeting. I was one of several ecumenical guests, some of whom were bishops whose schedules were even more demanding than mine, who had traveled still greater distances. After gathering to vest, we processed into the church, were seated together in the front row, and were ignored thereafter for a service that lasted over two hours. I was seething. Although none of my colleagues grumbled outright, I could sense that they wondered why they had bothered to come. The occasion was a perfect example of a botched opportunity to demonstrate ecumenical hospitality and to model good practices for all the clergy and laity assembled there. Sometimes we learn most effectively when we pay attention to experiences that make us uncomfortable. I began to think, How would good ecumenical hospitality have looked in that situation? The ecumenical delegation could have been thanked, both privately and publicly, for our presence. We could have been introduced individually, with the names of our churches making visible the rich diversity we represented. The reason for our presence could have been used as a teachable moment and interpreted to the assembly in a few words about how our presence was a reminder of the real though incomplete communion that we Christians share through our baptism. Prayers for reconciliation among churches could have been included in the intercessions. These simple, minimal acts, which would not have added significantly to the length of the service, would have gone a long way toward making the delegates feel that their presence mattered, that they were welcome, and that their gift of time was worth the effort. Personal experiences of ecumenical hospitality, either mangled or handled with creative flourish, have made me aware of the significance of this element of our Christian life together. So much of ecumenical life is rooted in relationships. When those relationships are cultivated through intentional acts of private or public kindness, they provide a fertile seedbed in which institutional initiatives for cooperation and reconciliation can grow. Without them, little will happen. A Definition of Ecumenical Hospitality This example may have already given you some understanding of a definition of ecumenical hospitality. A definition used by a working group convened by the Massachusetts Council of Churches and published in the book Receive One Another: Hospitality in Ecumenical Perspective is as follows: Ecumenical hospitality ... applies to generous and cordial actions between hosts and guests, which entail receiving persons in their wholeness--mind, body and spirit--by Christians and their churches, with an underlying or overt intention to heal the divisions among Christians for the sake of the world. [Note this point about the intention as an essential ingredient.] This is, by definition, primarily a 20th and 21st century phenomenon, because ecumenical initiatives began to assume an ecclesial nature primarily in the last century. (1) As I noted in my introduction to Receive One Another, The display of hospitality is not unique to Christians; nor is it confined to a particular era. Furthermore ... Christians and their churches have offered hospitality from the beginning of the Christian experience.... churches may engage in hospitable acts without a reconciling intention. All these are laudable expressions of kindness and generosity, but ... expressions of hospitality, when given with thought and care by Christians and their churches, can further the ecumenical quest for Christian unity. (2) In other words, the focus on ecumenical hospitality combines two impulses--the longing for Christian unity, and the Christian mandate to be loving hosts and guests--with the express intention of furthering reconciliation among Christian churches. …" @default.
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- W125577075 title "Receive One Another ...: Honoring the Relationship between Hospitality and Christian Unity" @default.
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