http://crosswalkamerica.org/pa.htm

This is catching on and becoming something of a core perspective underpinning an inclusive, tolerant spirituality. You can read around the web site to see how it came about and learn more about the walk across America.

Here are the 12 affirmations. What do you think?

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Christian love of God includes:

1. Walking fully in the path of Jesus, without denying the legitimacy of other paths God may provide humanity;

2. Listening for God�s Word which comes through daily prayer and meditation, studying the ancient testimonies which we call Scripture, and attending to God�s present activity in the world;

3. Celebrating the God whose Spirit pervades and whose glory is reflected in all of God�s Creation, including the earth and its ecosystems, the sacred and secular, the Christian and non-Christian, the human and non-human;

4. Expressing our love in worship that is as sincere, vibrant, and artful as it is scriptural.


Christian love of neighbor includes:

5. Engaging people authentically, as Jesus did, treating all as creations made in God�s very image, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental ability, nationality, or economic class;

6. Standing, as Jesus does, with the outcast and oppressed, the denigrated and afflicted, seeking peace and justice with or without the support of others;

7. Preserving religious freedom and the Church�s ability to speak prophetically to government by resisting the commingling of Church and State;

8. Walking humbly with God, acknowledging our own shortcomings while honestly seeking to understand and call forth the best in others, including those who consider us their enemies;


Christian love of self includes:

9. Basing our lives on the faith that, in Christ, all things are made new, and that we, and all people, are loved beyond our wildest imagination � for eternity;

10. Claiming the sacredness of both our minds and our hearts, recognizing that faith and science, doubt and belief serve the pursuit of truth;

11. Caring for our bodies, and insisting on taking time to enjoy the benefits of prayer, reflection, worship and recreation in addition to work;

12. Acting on the faith that we are born with a meaning and purpose; a vocation and ministry that serves to strengthen and extend God�s realm of love.