“We need to use both ‘fathering’ and ‘mothering’ images while at the same time transcending them both: ‘The God/ess who is both male and female, and neither male nor female, points us to an unrealized new humanity,’
The Fiery Power, within and without
Ellen Stevens
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This week I took my granddaughter to church while my wife was with her parents. Many people were genuinely surprised that a man would be caring for his 1 year old without his wife! Is there a connection between their conception of a the role of a grandfather and a their seeing God as primarily a male/father? I suspect so.