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Comment on Lingering in Disappointment by perk

perk — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:19:58 +0000

Be still……………………………………………………………………….
and know that I AM God.

Comment on A Sermon from Alice by Lingering in Disappointment | holy hellions

Lingering in Disappointment | holy hellions — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:53:02 +0000

[...] splurging was a spiritual practice that ushered me into a mentality of abundance. Now my friend Alice considers the spiritual practice of lingering, something to try for those of us who strategically [...]

Comment on Splurging as Spiritual Practice by Lingering in Disappointment | holy hellions

Lingering in Disappointment | holy hellions — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:53:00 +0000

[...] few months back I suggested (or to be more accurate God suggested), splurging was a spiritual practice that ushered me into a mentality of abundance. Now my friend Alice considers the spiritual practice [...]

Comment on A Sermon from Alice by Shay

Shay — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:15:30 +0000

Thank God for you, Alice.

Comment on A Sermon from Alice by Colleen Sharp

Colleen Sharp — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:03:42 +0000

Alice is an old soul…who has taught me much even in her young years. Her depth of understanding and quest for insight are inspirational. Nicely done, Alice! Colleen Sharp

Comment on A Sermon from Alice by Steve McElroy

Steve McElroy — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:38:41 +0000

This is a compelling, beautiful, spirit filled sermon. I am thankful for Alice and am moved by her faithfulness.
With Joy, Steve McElroy

Comment on Reading Coakley: Father, Mother..oh Brother by Virginia Mollenkott

Virginia Mollenkott — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:18:52 +0000

As I admitted in The Divine Feminine, there are far fewer female images of God in the Bib le than masculine ones. But I also pointed out that the difference in volume is only natural in a highly patriarchal society. Why would it occur to anyone to image God as female when the intention was to honor God, and women were considered secondary and sinful? Only the Holy Spirit could have caused that to happen! But I also trust that inclusive God-language should help us deconstruct our society’s foolish gender roles and rules. Women and men are “opposite” in very few ways compared to our zillions of human similarities! Therefore I refer to the “other” gender, rather than the “opposite” one.

Comment on Reading Coakley: Father, Mother..oh Brother by holyhellion

holyhellion — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:23:10 +0000

It’s always telling how an issue strikes a chord by the comments and convictions it raises amongst readers. As much as the church tries to appease those who might be “put off” by seemingly unorthodox language, it forgets those who like Michelle are put off by the seemingly unorthodox theology that God is mostly a man. Unfortunately, I’ve heard many retorts to Virginia’s insistence on the feminine images for God that point out the sheer lack of volume these images have in our cannon. What I think is a more compelling focus these days is what Virginia and Elizabeth mentioned as the deconstruction of the gender binary. That God and even I are not one thing or another thing but a ball of energy and mystery and transformation.

Comment on Reading Coakley: Father, Mother..oh Brother by Elizabeth Bowman, M.D.

Elizabeth Bowman, M.D. — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:19:14 +0000

I empathize with your struggle, Erin, and echo Michelle’s remark that masculine pronouns for God in worship disrupt my worship and my concentration on God. I find myself constantly translating into gender-neutral or feminine terminology to enable myself to feel included. I think our language will languish in having adequate non-gendered terms as long as we cling to the binary gender construct that Dr. Mollenkott wrote about so eloquently. Erin, I find it easy to listen to sermons that just call God “God” and which use Parent, Maker, or Mother/Father instead of using only one gender for God. That takes a lot of work, but justice and inclusion never come easily.

Comment on Reading Coakley: Father, Mother..oh Brother by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, Ph.D.

Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, Ph.D. — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:45:45 +0000

In my book The Divine Feminine: Biblical Imagery of God as Female, I showed that the Bible ofers a variety of female God-images to help us bring about the needed revolution in attitudes about gender. And in Omnigender: A Trans-religious Approach, I showed just how damaging our current binary gender construct has been to many lives. These resources might help as you continue thinkingm thinking, thinking. –Virginia Mollenkott, Ph.D.