Before we ever get to all those 'ones', Paul lays the ground rules that help us as Christian communities to live up to and out of all that oneness: "I implore you then — I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, live up to your calling. Be humble always and gentle, and patient too, putting up with one another's failings in the spirit of love. Spare no effort to make fast with bonds of peace the unity which the Spirit gives.." (Eph. 4.1-3)
The theme of our interconnectivity with God and with all our sisters and brothers in Christ, locally and ecumenically, is not something we have to make happen – it's a reality into which we live, and towards which we strive in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, to "live up to our calling" as God has called us to do.
The tapestry tries to envisage all that interconnectedness grace, love and communion, that draws us into the life and union of the Triune God of grace.
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