There was a flood...no, a hurricane...no, a swarm of locusts, or was it just another class that needed a teacher? OK, it was the latter, so please accept my apologies for combining our class with the Faith & Friendship class on such short notice (short notice meaning the last-minute-sticky-note on the door of our class). To spark some discussion this week visit National Public Radio's "Speaking of Faith" website for a conversation on creeds called Need for Creeds. Download it as a podcast! Listen to it online! It talks about why we have creeds. Last week I mentioned the Nicene Creed, of recent Da Vinci Code fame, and "Need for Creeds" talks about this creed (as well as offering some notes on the Apostles' Creed). One of the interesting points that comes out of the discussion (at least for me) is the fact that there are so few creeds in Judaism (the Shema, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one God") and Islam (There is no deity worthy of worship other than God [Allah] and Muhammad is the messenger of God [Allah]."), but that there are so many in Christianity. Why is this? Furthermore, the majority of lines in most of our creeds are devoted to detailing the identity of Jesus. Why is this? Oh yeah, here is a link to this week's reading. The image posted with this week's entry is an illuminated version of the Nicene Creed (this one is in Latin, but you can read it in English any Sunday in our Hymnal...it is #880)
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