First off, Andrew I love the approach you took to articulating your creed. It paints the whole picture for people (with some areas you have yet to develop) instead of fragments that need to be put together somehow or simply stand alone and disjointed. I think you could include something about how to make the story of God my own story and maybe that comes in under the piece you have yet to develop.

Next, I think Mike does bring up an interesting point. Can we say there is a meta narrative here that our personal, contextual narratives stream from? Is there a way to ground our story in the story of Israel that continues its history today in and through the church? I wonder if we don’t just create problems when we say every story has to be interpreted and unique or have separate standing or rootedness. Couldn’t we say that all our stories come from the same root (those proclaiming to follow Christ) and are now being contextualized in our local setting? I know there is and are some issues with what is emphasized based on one’s situation but I think there is some beauty and necessity in keeping the story of the church linked to its historical setting. Even if a scholar wants to narrate his creed from the POV of the church, he has to deal with the history of Israel and the narrative found in the scriptures as the background and launching point of the church. Good thoughts. Hope that makes sense as I think outloud online :)