A Contemporary Creed

• I believe in God, the Beloved, gracious and merciful, yearning for our redemption, and abounding in steadfast love for us.
• Eternal in time, active in history, the Holy One is beyond what I can imagine or understand — yet ever-available, and always present.
• In abundant joy and generosity, God created all that is. As a steward of this beautiful universe, it is my responsibility to protect the natural world so that the creatures of the air, the land, and the waters may survive and thrive.
• I believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God, Wisdom's own child, born of the Blessed Miriam of Nazareth. In his life and teachings the fullness of life is revealed.
• Although he was persecuted, tortured, and unjustly condemned, from the cross he spoke words of forgiveness.
• Jesus was crucified, died and was buried; but on the third day his followers found the tomb empty and their lives full.
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, Sophia Wisdom, enlivener and encourager of God's people: the Light for our path, the Guide of our spirits.
• On Pentecost those women and men who had gathered together to pray found themselves aflame with the Holy Spirit. I pray that I shall also be inspired and enlivened in my faith, so that my life will be a reflection of the radiant love of God.
• I believe that I am called to grow in grace and truth; to seek, to ask, to knock — and I believe that the door to heavenly joy and understanding shall be opened to those who seek sincerely.
• I believe in the holy, eternal, body of Christ: the community of those who follow him throughout all time; I believe in the assistance of the angels, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and life everlasting.
• I believe that God is good.