When I was preparing my sermon for Corpus Christi, I came across two articles on ecumenism, that is, the restoration of unity among Christians, by Maxwell Johnson, professor of liturgy at Notre Dame and an ELCA pastor. One appeared in the journal Worship in 2006, the second in the journal Liturgical Ministry in 2011.[1] If I may, one subtext of Professor Johnson’s approach might be said to be words from John, “Jesus then said to the Jude'ans who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ ”[2]
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