Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 38 How would God the mother handle our worlds injustices? Would she arm the destruction of more of her children? Would she seek justice through love? Jesus described God as a mother who longed to bring her children back in closer. Does war do this? Is there anything redemptive about … Continue reading Lent, Day 38

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 37 Deuteronomy 32:18 “You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.”

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 36 God rejoices that he is our Mother.-Julian of Norwich

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 35 "Take this with some salt and light. One of the times where I felt the Eucharist was most real to me was a time I didn't receive it. I was actually at an Anglican church and a female priest was saying the mass. When I heard a woman say … Continue reading Lent, Day 35

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 34 Psalm 123:2 "Like the eyes of a slave girl fixed on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are fixed on Yahweh our God." Who is this mistress of the house-hold to whom we human beings look for guidance, assistance, and compassion? Yahweh is, then, not only our … Continue reading Lent, Day 34

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 33 Words and images point us to God; they help us understand the divine, but they are not God. For example, gender. In the ancient word, it was observed that a woman became pregnant only when she'd been with a man. It was assumed, then, based on primitive, limited understandings … Continue reading Lent, Day 33

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 32 Feminine images of God in the Bible: Sophia: First nine chapters of Proverbs focus on Wisdom Proverbs 4:13 she is your life, giver of life Proverbs 8:35 whoever finds me finds life Proverbs 8:15 decrees what is right Proverbs 8: 22 – 31 like Wisdom herself, before the foundation … Continue reading Lent, Day 32

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 31 May 14, 1959 I have not rushed to reply to your letter-first, because I have been a little busy, and second, because it is most difficult to write anything that really makes sense about this most mysterious reality in the mystery of God-Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom). The first thing … Continue reading Lent, Day 31

Lent: The Divine Feminine, Day 30 Why bother with any of this? What is there to gain by understanding God in terms of the feminine? The goal here of course is not to replace the masculine. Nor diminish the masculine. Rather the same goal of Feminism in our culture should be sought in divinity. We … Continue reading Lent, Day 30

Lent:The Divine Feminine, Day 29 Where does this notion of the Divine Feminine come from? Is the question of the Divine Feminine simply a current fad? A silly notion of even sillier feminists? Or could it possibly have deep and ineradicable roots in the tradition itself? However much we mock the idea, the truth is, … Continue reading Lent, Day 29