Honoring our mothers is one of the delights for many of us of Mother’s Day, which in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand falls on this coming Sunday. Here…
By Kara Root “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you…” Isaiah 66:13 Thoughts on Mothering & Mother’s Day Mothering is a messy, complicated business- just like…
An AHA moment on Mother’s Day [illustration by Dave Baab] by Lynne Baab The setting: the worship service on Mother’s Day a couple of decades ago. The AHA moment: the…
by Emma Morgan Opening Prayer God with a mother’s heart, You gather us as your children. You comfort and hold us in your warm embrace. When we hurt your arms…
Mother’s Day makes me think about God’s maternal side. Christianity has been guilty of a patriarchal history that has been oppressive of women. Our conception of God as masculine,…
Loving and nurturing God, we thank you for mothers. for all they mean or have meant, for the love they have shown and the care they have given. For the…
