We believe in the One who speaks from within and from beyond,
whose Word is light both near and far.
He comes as neighbor and as Lord,
as whisper in the heart and thunder on the mountain.
We believe that closeness demands humility,
for the nearer we stand to the flame, the lower we must bow.
Nazareth saw the fire and called it ordinary;
yet the same fire burns in the stranger’s lamp.
We believe that no one owns the Word.
It is given to the humble of every people,
to the child who calls in trust,
and to the servant who bends in obedience.
We believe that love without reverence becomes pride,
and reverence without love becomes fear;
therefore the Holy One joins both—
the Son who serves, the Master who embraces.
We believe that the family and the servant dwell in one house:
the house of the Living Word.
Some enter by the gate of obedience,
others by the door of friendship,
but all meet in the same courtyard of humility.
We believe that miracles are not withheld as punishment
but given as signs to those still learning wonder.
To the familiar, revelation is hidden in simplicity;
to the seeker, it bursts forth in awe.
We believe that the highest truth is not privilege but smallness—
that God lifts the lowly and lowers Himself to raise them.
For this reason, the prophet is without honor among his own,
until his own learn the honor of becoming least.
We believe that every faith, when purified by humility,
returns to the same Source and the same Light.
The Word who called the worlds to being
calls us to bow and to embrace,
to remember and to rejoice.
Amen — in love and in awe.