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Rev. Larry E. Schultz conducts the Chancel Choir, orchestra, and congregation of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, in singing “Sister Spirit, Brother Spirit” to music he composed, with pictures from various artists. This hymn was one of the first in my collaboration with composer and minister of music Larry E. Schultz. Larry wrote […]
God of many names, who is not constrained by gender or the binaries humans construct, thank You for the diversity that You imbue in each of us, Your beloved children. We are grateful that You love unabashedly and without discrimination, celebrating the wondrous diversity of humankind: women, men, trans, gay, straight, bi, lesbian, queer, and […]
WALKING THE LABYRINTH NEW WINESKINS, MAY 5, 2013 OPENING HYMN: Stanza 1: “Christ-Sophia Now We Praise,” to tune of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Christ-Sophia now we praise; joyful songs our voices raise, for new life in us to birth, for deep healing of the earth. Long Her face we […]
Rev. Larry E. Schultz conducts the Chancel Choir, orchestra, and congregation of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, in singing “Come Now, O Wisdom” to a familiar hymn tune, with pictures from various artists. Wisdom is the central divine symbol in this song. Wisdom is certainly not a new image of divinity, although She […]
Church tradition has forgotten, ignored or repressed the feminine images of the Holy that are present in the Bible. The truth of inclusive language for the Divine is biblical. We risk impairing the witness of the good news of Jesus Christ when we try to keep God in a box. Also, female imagery for God […]