A Trinitarian Creed

I reject God the Father All-Mighty,
Author of paternalism and patriarchy,
Abusive Head of the Household who beats his children,
and sends finite creatures to infinite misery 
for their failure to discern abstract theological ideas. 

But I believe in the Holy Parent, both Mother and Father,
Who births and raises creation,
Who teaches not with violence, but by telling stories and parables,
Who stands by the door waiting for exiled children to return home,
And who loves the whole cosmos so much
That God is willing to empty God’s self of all but love
To walk among us.  

I reject Jesus Christ as Lord,
As feudal liege who reifies hierarchies,
As tyrant emperor or king,
As eternally subordinate or standing at the top of any chain of being,
As a shibboleth used to discriminate 
who is in or out, saved or damned.

But I believe in Jesus, as Christ, 
Anointed as traveling preacher, healer, and exorcist in Galilee and Jerusalem,
Who bid us love immigrants, neighbors, and enemies as ourselves;
Who miraculously fed crowds,
Who taught an economics of grace instead of greed,
Who proclaimed that a new way of being was at hand,
Who called Students to learn and teach the Way of Love;
And who identified with those whom our systems impoverish,
Whom our governments leave unhoused,
Whom our legislators imprison.

I believe this Love is more powerful than both death
and those who use death to magnify their power. 
I believe this Love is eternally resurrecting
anyone we curse with death and damnation
until we learn that damning is futile
and until we repent
and choose restoration over retribution. 

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
who calls and equips communities of grace to carry on Jesus’s work
regardless of how humans label themselves or the systems that define their social power,
Who reveals God through God’s own creation 
and sacred texts and teachings of many diverse traditions
to any who are willing to seek,
Who moves and animates all life with God’s own breath. 

I believe that God creates communities of peace and justice
Who transgress the boundaries created by religious and political leaders,
Who disrupt and transform all systems that colonize and exploit
Who tear down barriers between all beings and Being,
Who respect the mystery of existence by walking humbly, doing justice, and loving kindness. 

And although our planet’s climate may have passed a tipping point, 
I believe we have also reached a tipping point for humanity,
and that although it is not yet apparent, 
The Reign of God is already among us.