•  community,

•  diversity,

•  creation spirituality and original blessing and

•  the four-fold path—Via Positiva, Via Negativa, Via Creativa and Via Transformativa.

•  each of us just as we are,

•  the inner and outer journey that we are all on,

•  all of creation as sacred and

•  honesty, integrity, connection, compassion, service, social justice and authenticity.

•  love and respect for all living things, including ourselves,

•  accepting the wisdom of all religious traditions, spiritualities and indigenous cultures,

•  compassion through openheartedness, forgiveness, outreach giving and personal service,

•  we are all sons and daughters of God and

•  God continually calls us out to be who we are really meant to be.

•  worship and celebrate together,

•  express our love and compassion,

•  share our deep gratitude,

•  honor all of life,

•  relate to the universe as an interconnected whole,

•  seek freedom from that which separates us from ourselves, one another and all that lives,

•  connect with and mentor our youth,

•  comprehend and draw on the wisdom of our elders,

•  accept change as part of living,

•  acknowledge our fallibility and our limitations,

•  take ourselves lightly and