A 21st century proclamation of faith in Jesus?

A Proclamation of Faith which my husband, Mike Walsh who is also a Minister in the United Reformed Church, and I wrote together for our babys dedication to God. It took us several hours over several days. We were thinking about the traditions of our United Reformed Church, about being and practising our faith as active followers and students of Jesus Christ and about the inspiration and challenge of the combination of all of that within our British context and cultures. We hope the faith life we do in the world is active, reflective, embodied, sensual, inspiring, beautiful, engaging, provocative and lots more good stuff! You are welcome to use this statement as churches if you attribute it to Kate Gray & Mike Walsh. (painting by artist Steve Raw)


Our faith is about our whole life lived in the company of God
Our faith says life is precious, to be nurtured and celebrated
Our faith is about living gently with the earth

Our faith is inspired by Jesus and many other people
Our faith is about love and hope for everyone no matter what’s happened
Our faith calls us to mix and mingle with all sorts


Our faith calls all people to get involved in something bigger than ourselves
Our faith encourages us to be ourselves and make room for others
Our faith energises us to make a positive difference


Our faith values people over profit
Our faith is intuitive, sensuous and honours our bodies
Our faith is dynamic and open to challenge and change


Our faith is about creativity over consumerism
Our faith brings healing where there is suffering
Our faith should be seen and heard and obvious to people around us


Our faith has drawn us to and away from and back to church
Our faith inspires us like fantastic music
Our faith dares us to dream of a future with wild imagination


God’s faith in us never stops.
God wants us to make the most of things.
God never fails to surprise, challenge or love us all.


So we dedicate ourselves and Zebedee to God.
used Sunday 13th June 2010