Joined At The Heart

To the extent that parents in a mixed-faith marriage are joined at the heart, and to the extent that that the love of their parents, in cooperation with the love of God, brought these children into existence, why can't we talk about God to them in terms of love?

Love unifies. Loving persons are drawn by God toward God. It is one and the same God who attracts the uniquely different and the always questing human heart. The heart thus attracted is drawn toward unity.

Different faiths are different paths toward unity, toward God. So being one in family is to somehow be like God. Being one in family is a coming-together out of difference, but the differences do not divide; they make it possible to be drawn out of difference into unity.

Children should be helped to understand that their fathers love their mothers and their mothers love their fathers, and that love produces unity. Moreover, children should be helped to understand that their parents really love them and this love unifies. Behind it all is a loving, iinviting God who offers the gift of faith to everyone, thus providing a path to each toward unity.

By William J. Byron  |  December 6, 2006; 5:54 PM ET
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