I am happy with the progress of the Roman Catholic-Lutheran dialog so far.   I just wish we could go to the next step more quickly.  Our churches (all of them) became very legalistic after Constantine; so much so that nothing can happen until every single “I” has been dotted and every excruciating “t” crossed.  Charity became sacrificed at the altar of legalism.

I would love to see common liturgies happen in communities, so that people can really see that “the other church” members do profess and act on a love of God and other people.

Arguments over theologies and practices, starting in the first century, have led the People of God to a fractured Christianity, where too much energy is given to showing how “We” are right and the “Others” are wrong.  This distracts us all from proclaiming the good news; that the consequence of death is conquered through the work of Jesus, the Christ.