Conversion (not the van)

In just two days, I c0-officiate at my sister's wedding with a Roman Catholic Priest. I'm looking forward to finally meeting Father Tim, who I've heard so much about from my sister. It's been great, because he was able to do the pre-marital counseling for Jamie and Todd (NOT a good idea to offer counseling to your own family!) and they have really connected with him.

I was just reading an article in The Christian Century by John Buchanan. He writes on the topic of conversion and ecumenical dialogues and quotes Cardinal Walter Kasper: "The goal of ecumenical conversation is not conversion to one church but deeper conversion to Christ, and it is through that conversion that we move closer to one another." Knowing both Todd and Jamie, there will most likely not be a conversion to one church, but my prayer is that their marriage will stimulate a deeper conversion for each of them to Christ, thus connecting them spiritually.

May we all move closer to one another through a deeper conversion to Christ!