by David | Aug 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I ran across an article by Sallie McFague that, while it doesn’t talk about God-language specifically, has some interesting points and some positive repercussions if the described metaphor were taken seriously. A little housekeeping first, since the article was...
by David | Jul 28, 2013 | From a Book
Here’s another quote from “A God Who Looks Like Me” by Patricia Lynn Reilly. See the previous post for the first one. The following insights inform our woman-affirming spirituality: We have come to believe that the ultimate truth, wisdom, and mystery...
by David | Jul 22, 2013 | From a Book
I realize that I’m on dangerous ground when I call into question the exclusively male language and imagery for the divine that permeate our religious and cultural life. For many the male God of traditional religion has been a rich and meaningful concept. And the...
by David | Jul 9, 2013 | Guest Post, Interesting People
This article was originally published in “Zeek”, an interesting online magazine. Reposted with the author’s permission. In my early 20s, I began having a certain kind of experience that was so intense, remarkable and strange—call them mystical...
by David | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I had the joy of attending a series of workshops/presentations by Andrew Harvey, who has been called a modern mystic. Two memories stand out. One is his excitement when talking about the Sacred. The other is how his excitement caused him to sometimes...
by David | Jun 23, 2013 | From Other Blogs
“Whenever we use any name for God, we are not describing the Indescribable but our paltry and entirely subjective experience of divine “Otherness” — that which is beyond us.” “These words just mean that in a given context, we who...
by David | Jun 22, 2013 | From a News Article
I think summer is a great time to discuss Christmas. With the holiday about six months away, maybe conversations about God-language, myth and the like can be held with less rancor and panic. Here’s a link to an article I found a while back about arguments among...
by David | Jun 5, 2013 | From Other Blogs, Guest Post
More and more I find myself responding, “I am not a guy,” to waiters in restaurants, to educated people at conferences, and even to people in progressive churches who refer to groups of women and men as “you guys.” Sometimes these are groups of all women, and still...
by David | May 31, 2013 | From Other Blogs
I ran across a good article written by Sarah Moon. Here’s a quote and links to her blog. Our images of God should challenge oppressive power structures, rather than simply providing a mirror for them to gaze into. Those images of God should free us to speak and...
by David | May 29, 2013 | From a Book
Book by Elizabeth A. Johnson While officially it is rightly and consistently said that God is spirit and so beyond identification with either male or female sex, yet the daily language of preaching, worship, catechesis, and instruction conveys a different message: God...
