Here
is a two-voice “re-reading of the traditional words about Jesus in the creed with some
possible alternatives.” It
was posted on the New Kilpatrick Parish Church website.
I Believe in Jesus
I believe
I awaken to
Jesus Christ
the one who walked our earth
I awaken to
Jesus Christ
the one who walked our earth
and whose God-light
shone through
God’s only son
the one whose life came from the very life of God
our Lord
our guide, our teacher, our friend
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
whose life was an intent of God’s creative imagination
born of the Virgin Mary
who sang love’s song at his beginning and was blessed
suffered under Pontius Pilate
rejected by the powers of the world
was crucified
executed by those same powers
died
sharing the same death of us all
and was buried
love had been killed
he descended to the dead
and they thought this the end
but on the third day
nothing could contain, bind or hold the life Jesus began
he rose again
and the story continues to be believed
God’s only son
the one whose life came from the very life of God
our Lord
our guide, our teacher, our friend
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
whose life was an intent of God’s creative imagination
born of the Virgin Mary
who sang love’s song at his beginning and was blessed
suffered under Pontius Pilate
rejected by the powers of the world
was crucified
executed by those same powers
died
sharing the same death of us all
and was buried
love had been killed
he descended to the dead
and they thought this the end
but on the third day
nothing could contain, bind or hold the life Jesus began
he rose again
and the story continues to be believed
of renewal,
transformation and life again.
I believe in
I awaken to
Jesus
I believe in
I awaken to
Jesus
~
copyright © 2016 New Kilpatrick Parish Church. Posted on the New Kilpatrick
Parish Church website. https://www.nkchurch.org.uk/
