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...