Is God My Mother?
Editor’s note: This is one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! When I was very young, I once heard adults talking
October 28, 2020
Topic: Feminine Language for God
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Engaging Women with a Suffering Sophia: Prospects and Pitfalls for Evangelicals
Throughout the Scriptures, God is described as acting in the personification of Wisdom, or Sophia.1 This is the basis for Catholic theologian Elizabeth Johnson’s appropriation
August 7, 2020
“Precious Food of True Life”: Christ Our Mother, Female Embodiment, and the Eucharist in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love
The embodiment of Christ is central to the Christian faith as we confess God incarnate. The second person of the Trinity taking on flesh is
February 10, 2020
Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
The stories of girls of color are often overlooked, unseen, and ignored rather than valued and heard. In Parable of the Brown Girl, minister and
February 4, 2020
The Power of a Pronoun: How What We Call God Affects Everything
Editor’s Note: This is one of the 2019 Top 15 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! Standing in an old church with a red prayer book
October 9, 2019
Book Review: Is It Okay to Call God “Mother”?: Considering the Feminine Face of God
When I first saw the title, Is It Okay to Call God Mother, my mind raced ahead. Is this book promoting heresy? Is it theologically
January 14, 2019
How Learning About Feminine Metaphors for God Undermines Rape Culture
Recently, my husband wrote about his own journey in realizing that sexual aggression toward women is not about his own moral purity (not all men!),
August 20, 2018
Editor’s Reflections | Summer 2018 (32.3)
Most people, when they hear Jesus’s parable of the Lost Sheep, understand the shepherd to symbolize God. A glance at one of the most influential
July 31, 2018
Imagining a Feminine God: Gendered Imagery in the Bible
In Scripture, God is identified using many names and titles, such as God (elohim, theos), Lord (adonai, kurios), YHWH, and descriptors such as “Rock,” “Comforter,”
July 31, 2018
In the Parables, God is Father, Shepherd, and also Woman
My church recently learned the song, “Sound of Adoration,” written by Bryan Torwalt and performed by the band, Jesus Culture. It begins like this, “When
July 12, 2018