Creation

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Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief. At the same time our convictions lead us to other affirmations . . .

· That the blessings of life are available to everyone, not just the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Chosen</st1:place> or the Saved;

· That Creation itself is Holy -- the earth and all its creatures, the stars in all their glory;

· That the Sacred or Divine, the Precious and Profound, are made evident not in the miraculous or supernatural but in the simple and the everyday;

· That human beings, joined in collaboration with the gifts of grace, are responsible for the planet and its future;

· That every one of us is held in Creation's hand -- a part of the interdependent cosmic web -- and hence strangers need not be enemies;

· That no one is saved until we All are saved, where All means the whole of Creation;

· That the paradox of life is to love it all the more even though we ultimately lose it.

William Schultz