I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this oath:
I will be brave and courageous and choose curiosity over comfort.
Where I’m tempted to wander, I will choose to follow wonder.
Letting go of certainty, I will embrace the mystery of God.
I will notice when I am being a skeptic and choose to be a seeker.
I will assume God is bigger than my human mind can fully comprehend.
I will go through the wall brick by brick and not ignore it.
When I feel my heart and mind expanding, I’ll accept that although it’s painful, it is good.
I will be honest about my doubts, even if it’s hard to admit I have them.
I will check my baggage for stowaways.
I will slay my dragons of fear, grief, and anger, as different seasons bring new dragons.
I will reject dualistic thinking and the idea that there are only two forks in the road.
In my relationships, I will seek to understand the nuance of different perspectives.
I will encourage others to discover and embrace their questions.
I will stay open to what I can learn from those who are different from me.
When I feel stuck, I will try experiments that help me keep moving.
I will make friends with the tension.
I will choose resilience over religion.
I will only go through the motions if I am going through them on purpose.
I will go beyond the shadow that doubt so easily casts.
I will choose to live into the questions that really matter to me.
I will choose passionate uncertainty.
I will choose to stay curious—and thus become more fully alive.