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God-language and Meat for Idols

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...

Rabbi Shais Taub on God and Gender

“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...

Christmas in Summer (Part One)

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...

Patriarchy as Idolatry

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...