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Is God My Mother?
By: Juliann Bullock | October 29, 2020
Is it wrong to call God “Mother”? Can moms be a strong example of how God loves us? One writer returns to the text to find out by mining the feminine attributes for God given to the Israelites.
Engaging Women with a Suffering Sophia: Prospects and Pitfalls for Evangelicals
By: Cristina S. Richie | July 31, 2020
Naming God as “Sophia” critically aligns the Divine with a specifically female concept, while also expanding the theological understanding of the character and attributes of God-Sophia.
Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
By: Khristi Lauren Adams | February 4, 2020
Thought-provoking and inspirational, Parable of the Brown Girl is a powerful example of how God uses the narratives we most often ignore to teach us the most important lessons in life. It's time to pay attention.
“Precious Food of True Life”: Christ Our Mother, Female Embodiment, and the Eucharist in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love
By: Eliza Stiles | January 31, 2020
Julian of Norwich, in her Revelations of Divine Love, recounts and meditates on her revelations of Christ dying and the significance of his body and blood in his work of salvation and continued work of sustaining us.
The Power of a Pronoun: How What We Call God Affects Everything
By: Lindsey Boulais-Duong | October 9, 2019
Continually referring to God as “he” (though admitting God has no gender), slowly etches patriarchy on our souls. Without realizing it, I began to internalize the idea that God was male.
Imagining a Feminine God: Gendered Imagery in the Bible
By: Abigail Dolan | July 31, 2018
"In many modern churches, only masculine language for God is deemed acceptable. This restriction is historically and, more importantly, biblically unfounded ... By having an essentially masculine view of God, we blind ourselves to other ways we may connect to God and understand God. This not only distorts our image of God, but a purely masculine [...]
Editor's Reflections | Summer 2018 (32.3)
By: Jeff Miller | July 30, 2018
This issue of Priscilla Papers includes an article by Abigail Dolan titled, “Imagining a Feminine God.” Abby’s article was among the winners of CBE International’s 2017 student paper competition. The other winners, also published here, are Haley Gabrielle and Nikki Holland. In this issue you will also read articles on 1 Peter 3 by [...]
In the Parables, God is Father, Shepherd, and also Woman
By: Jeff Miller | July 11, 2018
And so it is that most Bible readers, even those who know the Gospels well, have never paused to ponder that in Luke’s triad of images for God, one of the three is a woman.
How Learning About Feminine Metaphors for God Undermines Rape Culture
By: Susan Harrison | February 27, 2017
Recently, my husband courageously wrote about his own journey toward the realization that sexual aggression toward women is not about his own moral purity, but about the worth and value of women. He was responding to his colleague’s story of a man’s verbal sexual aggression toward her just two weeks ago–in church. & [...]
Challenging Hidden Gender Messages: From Sensory Videos To Silent Sermonizing
By: Maureen Farrell Garcia | October 19, 2016
Babies love contrasting colors, repetition, and music. Some brilliant people realized this attraction and created baby sensory videos. My granddaughter has a few favorites.