<div dir="ltr">Thank you Allen very beautiful, a message to remind us of our need for humility before the Eternal Mystery, which is Love!<div><br></div><div>Peace</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 4:01 PM Allan Baker via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Friends;<div><br></div><div>A very interesting theological discussion this morning.</div><div>Thank you all, and special thanks to our facilitator - Ted Schmidt.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2008 the United Church of Canada adopted “A Song of Faith”. The beginning is, I believe, relevant to the discussion of the nature of god that was discussed this morning, so I offer it for your personal reflections.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay hopeful;</div><div>Allan</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">God is Holy Mystery,</p><p class="MsoNormal">beyond complete knowledge,</p><p class="MsoNormal">above perfect description.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yet,</p><p class="MsoNormal">in love,</p><p class="MsoNormal">the one eternal God seeks relationship.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So God creates the universe</p><p class="MsoNormal"> and with it the
possibility of being and relating.</p><p class="MsoNormal">God tends the universe, </p><p class="MsoNormal"> mending the
broken and reconciling the estranged.</p><p class="MsoNormal">God enlivens the universe,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> guiding all
things toward harmony with their Source.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Grateful for God’s loving action,</p><p class="MsoNormal">We cannot keep from singing. <i><span style="color:green"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">With the Church through the ages,</p><p class="MsoNormal">we speak of God as one and triune:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We also speak of God as</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Creator,
Redeemer, and Sustainer</p><p class="MsoNormal"> God, Christ,
and Spirit</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Mother, Friend,
and Comforter</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Source of Life,
Living Word, and Bond of Love,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> and in other ways that speak faithfully of<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">the One on whom our hearts rely,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">the fully shared life at the
heart of the universe.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We witness to Holy
Mystery that is Wholly Love.</p>
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