May 8 and May 13 are the feast days of Lady Julian of Norwich (1342-1416). She was the first woman to write a surviving book in the English language: Revelations of Divine Love. Julian was an anchorite, an early form of the Christian monastic. She lived in a simple room attached to the local church, receiving […]
Mother God bugs people. She rocks the church-boat. She downright infuriates some. So, how can calling God Mother help us? The loving, safe associations we often have with Mother change our inner image of God, or feelings and attitude toward God, sometimes dramatically. The mother metaphor helps us form a truer picture of God than
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