The Need for Creeds: A thought-provoking interview

What are we actually doing -- whether during worship or private devotion -- when we recite a creed?  This excellent interview with the late historian Jaroslav Pelikan from the public radio program On Being helps illuminate the question.

From the On Being website: "The idea of reciting an unchanging creed sounds suspicious to modern ears.  But the late, great historian Jaroslav Pelikan illuminated ancient tradition in order to enliven faith in the present and the future.  He insisted that strong statements of belief will be necessary if pluralism in the 21st century is to thrive.  We take in his moving, provocative perspective on our enduring need for creeds."

Here's the link -- www.onbeing.org/program/need-creeds/211   Listen to all (or some -- it's just under an hour).  Share your thoughts if you wish.  Does it change how you view creeds?

If you'd like to talk about this in a group, we will be gathering at St. Andrew's on this coming Wednesday evening, July 30, at 7 p.m., to listen to excerpts and talk about creeds.  Hope you'll join us -- either physically or virtually!
Wende