A few years ago there was an event that I was part of with a handful of other folks. It involved children, and giving them a wonderful time. I was both delighted to contribute my gifts and relieved that other people covered the areas I was inept at. 

 

I noticed that there was someone I barely knew, except that we disagreed on an issue. Yet it was easy to set that disparity on a high shelf and ignore it. We were both fully engaged in our efforts for the children. 

 

The kids were enthusiastic and energetic. It took my full effort to keep up with them. Everyone else on staff gave a hundred per cent as well. The collective good will for the children drew us together. 

 

Then I noticed. The difference in opinion was irrelevant. 

 

"In the Christian world, it is doctrine that differentiates churches ... These differences grow out of doctrine alone, which would never happen if we considered love for the Lord and charity for our neighbor the chief concern of faith. If we did, those distinctions would simply be differences of opinion on the mysteries of faith. True Christians would leave such issues up to the individual and the individual's conscience. In their hearts they would say, "A person who lives as a Christian — who lives as the Lord teaches — is a real Christian." One church would come out of all the different churches, and all disagreement due to doctrine alone would vanish. Even the hatred of one denomination for another would melt away in a moment, and the Lord's kingdom would come on earth."

Heavenly Secrets 1799