• "I believe in the creative energy of the divine, erupting with unimaginable exuberance, transforming the seething vacuum into a whirlwind of zest and flow.

• "I believe in the divine imprint as it manifests itself in swirling vortexes and particle formations, birthing forth atoms and galaxies.

• "I believe in the providential outburst of supernovas and in the absorbing potential of black holes.

• "I believe in the gift of agelessness, those billions of formative aeons in which the paradox of creation and destruction unfolds into the shapes and patterns of the observable universe.

• "I believe in the holy energy that begot material form and biological life in ancient bacterial forms and in the amazing array of living creatures.

• "I believe in the incarnation of the divine in the human soul, initially activated in Africa over four million years ago.

• "I believe in the "I Am Who Am," uttered across the aeons, pulsating incessantly throughout the whole of creation and begetting possibilities that the human mind can only vaguely imagine at this time.

• "As a beneficiary of the Christian tradition, I believe in the power of the new reign of God, embodied and proclaimed in the life of Jesus and offered unconditionally for the liberation of all life-forms."