Time for a New Creed

I am weary of saying our creeds that are stuck in a 3 story universe and the philosophical moorings of the 4th Century.  Indeed, we are to honor those faithful forebearers who gave witness in their context, time and place.  Now it is our turn to bear witness to the living God with additional creedal statements. I have written this one for a conversation with those interested in a statement that no longer assumes a three-story universe and is more interested in doing the faith than giving assent to propositions about the faith.  Your feedback is most welcome.

A Creed for the 21^st Century

We trust in a God-Creator

in whom we live and move

and have our being. 

We are born in the image of the Divine

and called as partners

and caretakers of the whole creation.

We trust in God’s compassion,

God’s self-disclosure in Jesus,

the Christ, who taught us to love our enemies,

do good to those that hate us,

and forgive as we have been forgiven.

We will follow the cruciform way of Jesus

as a sign of that deep trust. 

We are ready to lose our lives

in order to find true life;

ready to - like a seed –

fall into the earth

and die in order to bear much fruit.

We trust in the Spirit of God

that blows where it wills

and sustains the faith

of those who trust

in God’s ultimate will

that all will be made new. 

We are gathered by God’s Spirit

into a community of faith

in order to be a living witness

to the God of compassion.

Pr. Kenn Storck / Originally written in 2012 (Revised in 2015)