It is one thing to be declared "family," and quite another to live out the relationships implied - particularly when new siblings come from communities deeply divided with one another. And yet this is the first work of the church. Those who have been called to bear witness to love's triumph, to carry on Jesus's ministry of reconciliation, must first be reconciled to one another. This means that old categories of "us" and "them" must be shattered, categories that indeed no longer exist because...
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