"In talking to a friend about Trinity, I would speak about Trinity as friendly, open, and tolerant; a place to form meaningful relationships."
We are both traditional ...
We value and honor Christian
tradition in our worship,
both in words and music.
Many of us are comfortable with
ways of thinking about our
faith that have sustained us
over many years. We honor
and are sustained by the
scriptures and by millennia
of Jewish and Christian
tradition.
We welcome and honor those who
think and live in traditional
and conservative ways,
religiously, politically, and
in their lifestyles.
... and progressive.
We are open to new forms of worship,
new words and new songs, so
long as they help lead us in
our journey toward the holy,
toward wholeness.
We are open to non-traditional ways
of thinking, studying, and
speaking about God, Jesus,
and the Bible. We grow in
faith as we better understand
how our tradition has been
developed over the centuries
by fallible humans. We realize
that many of the incredible
events that we read about in
our scriptures can be "true" in
a very real and deep sense,
whether or not they literally
"happened" as they are
described.
How can we be so broad... so many things to so many people? Doesn't it mean that our faith is a mile wide but only an inch deep?
No! Faith doesn't measure out that way, like some puddle.
It is more like the ocean, both broad and deep. In fact, the broader it is the deeper it must go.
And in the strengths and weaknesses of our humanity we value and love one another, finding our commonality in the depths of our faith.
