Carmen Rempel
Statement of Faith
I believe the way to the Kingdom of God
is the path of peace
and the path is open to all who wish to travel it
I believe it is awe-inspiring
I believe the way of peace is traveled by
Loving your neighbour as you would love yourself
and seeing divine goodness in every creature
I believe it is marvellous
I believe everything that is worth knowing about the Kingdom of God
Can be understood by the average child
And is hard to grasp by the average adult
I believe that it is delightful
I believe The Kingdom of God
Is easier reached by the brokenhearted, the oppressed, and the stigmatized
and often exists beyond the imagination of those insulated by their wealth and privilege
I believe it is mysterious
I believe the Father, Son and Holy Spirit dance
and it is divine dance which created the rhythm of human hearts
which beat for community and intimacy
I believe it is liberating
I believe more exists than what we can see
I believe in Spirit
I believe in body
I believe it is bigger
I believe in the sacred duty to care for the earth
and all who dwell on it, above it,
and in it
I believe it is work
I believe that God is unknowable
and that any attempt to contain her to a statement of a few lines
makes him giggle
I believe it is more
I believe that Statements of Faith are silly
and that learning the dance is not