I believe.
I don't believe in fairies, although I'm glad that Beatrix Potter did.
I often believe six impossible things before breakfast (I will be on time to all my appointments, I will accomplish the things on my to-do list, I will not lose my temper...)
I believe in good and evil and that good will eventually triumph.
I believe in a Higher Power, whom I call God.
I believe in evolution. Things change.
I believe in quarks, and it fills me with joy just to think about their existence.
I believe God is a scientist. I believe He can control the processes of creation, wind, water - but most likely uses the same scientific principles we are discovering and many we haven't figured out yet.
I believe God is a poet. I believe He uses metaphor, simile, meter and other linguistic arts we are discovering and many we haven't figured out yet.
I believe in Christ, a Savior for mankind. I am comfortable talking about Him from a variety of perspectives: great teacher, radical thinker, future Messiah.
I believe that a boy named Joseph Smith, who never claimed to be perfect, did ask a humble and profound question in a grove which then became sacred.
I believe in your right not to believe me.
I believe that when an all-powerful, all-knowing, eternal being who can create universes and manage black holes communicates with His distracted, opinionated, earth-centric children some things get lost in the translation.
I believe that belief is a process of discovery, a journey and that one of the best metaphors I have heard to describe it is The Blind Man and the Elephant. As we each explore and learn, it can seem that we are talking about completely different truths. As we share we may find that our beliefs fit together in surprising ways.
I don't believe in fairies, although I'm glad that Beatrix Potter did.
I often believe six impossible things before breakfast (I will be on time to all my appointments, I will accomplish the things on my to-do list, I will not lose my temper...)
I believe in good and evil and that good will eventually triumph.
I believe in a Higher Power, whom I call God.
I believe in evolution. Things change.
I believe in quarks, and it fills me with joy just to think about their existence.
I believe God is a scientist. I believe He can control the processes of creation, wind, water - but most likely uses the same scientific principles we are discovering and many we haven't figured out yet.
I believe God is a poet. I believe He uses metaphor, simile, meter and other linguistic arts we are discovering and many we haven't figured out yet.
I believe in Christ, a Savior for mankind. I am comfortable talking about Him from a variety of perspectives: great teacher, radical thinker, future Messiah.
I believe that a boy named Joseph Smith, who never claimed to be perfect, did ask a humble and profound question in a grove which then became sacred.
I believe in your right not to believe me.
I believe that when an all-powerful, all-knowing, eternal being who can create universes and manage black holes communicates with His distracted, opinionated, earth-centric children some things get lost in the translation.
I believe that belief is a process of discovery, a journey and that one of the best metaphors I have heard to describe it is The Blind Man and the Elephant. As we each explore and learn, it can seem that we are talking about completely different truths. As we share we may find that our beliefs fit together in surprising ways.
