Last week, one of my kids called me and said “Dad, a ministry job application asks me for a faith statement.  What exactly are they looking for?”  I had a good idea, because every candidate for ministry in the Presbyterian Church is asked to articulate such a thing, which means I’ve read dozens and dozens of them over the years.  But last year during the search process, the Pastor Nominating Committee at Hollywood Pres asked me to send them mine.  I had to write a new one, which turned out to be a very rich experience.  You can read what I sent them below.  But I send it to you with a challenge:  write your own!  What do you believe?  Why do you believe it?  Where does it come from?  What is personal about it?   I suspect you will find, as I did, that the act of articulating your faith concisely is a challenge…and a real blessing.