Sallie McFague writes, “God is she, he and neither.” We’ve spent our lives honoring the "He," the masculine attributes of God. So who is She?
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How the Greek myth of Philomela immortalizes the power of feminine creativity to liberate and empower women to tell their stories.
For most of my life, salvation meant one very specific thing. I used to be saved, certainly and finally, but then things went to hell.
I never realized that the patriarchal structure of the Christianity I grew up in determined how I related to God. It blew my mind. I felt the need to shout it from the rooftops: I knew something was missing! And while men and women might naturally gravitate toward a more masculine or[...]
The year after my failure, I stepped into the darkness. I allowed the shame and grief to bury me, and when I emerged, I'd been made new.
When you leave the religious tradition you were raised in, you might end up seeking God in unfamiliar places.
I found Mary in the grotto, shaded from the sun, her feet covered in confessions from seekers like me. To understand God not just as father but as mother is revolutionary for anyone who grew up in a patriarchal tradition. When God is mother, we relate to her differently. And while we are awar[...]