The Ecumenical Affair

A true story of faith, love, coincidence, and controversy

What happens when a woman of faith attends two global gatherings of the Church—and finds herself caught in a story as old as the Gospel, and as present as her own breath?

This book is not for the faint of heart. It challenges assumptions about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and the role of women in the Church. It invites the reader to walk alongside the author through encounters, visions, and providential turns that reveal something deeper than dogma—something holy.

Excerpt from The Ecumenical Affair

He lifts his Assembly bag to his knee. It’s different from the Woman’s. It’s plain unbleached cotton with an etched red pen-and-ink drawing of a dove. Wings resembling flames. He looks inside. Finds a two-fold piece of paper. Hands it to her.

On the cover page of an article is a pen-and-ink drawing of a woman and a man tied back to back. Below are the words:

“Face to Face”

Literature and Art in the Renewal of The Church’s Mission

A Project of the Orthodox Academy of Crete

The Greek gives her a moment. To take this in. Inside there is the invitation the Greek himself has presented to artists, painters, sculptors, carvers, poets and composers from all over the world. He tells her. Write something. A story. A play. On the project theme: Macarios’ dialogue. I can then invite you to come to Greece. Present you as the author.

The Woman looks at him. His eyes are serious. Full of love—the mysterious, tangled web is there.

How can I go to Greece? Ask my husband to come and see… a man who’s seen me naked? Who loves me. Author something to make peace and reconciliation. With him and his wife. I’m a homemaker. No money of my very own. Mother. United Church Presbyterial president. Rich in faith. No modern worthy talent.

She sighs. The Greek, seeing a colleague, excuses himself. The Woman, invitation safely in her bag, rises, makes her way to the tent. Strains of “Santo, Santo, Santo. Mi Corazón te adora” come out of the flaps.

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First rejected by a Christian publisher for being
“unsuitable for family audiences,”
this story found its home in a Hay House.
Fitting, perhaps, for a woman destined
to spill the contents of her alabaster jar—
to anoint the household of those who have ears to hear
and the faith to heed the word of God.