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Seeking Sophia Again I mull through the mountains of paper arranged as books again I desperately seek for your face in someone else’s words, someone else’s images, someone else’s song someone else with greater access to wisdom. Again I am impressed by the sheer volumes written […]
She has been here from the beginning, stirring, creating, bringing form to chaos, and life to dust. In the beginning she brooded over the watery chaos waiting for Godde to give the word. In the fire, thunder, and smoke of Sinai she guarded the holiness of Godde and showed that approaching this Godde should not […]
Marg Herder is one of the first people I meet when I arrive at the annual Evangelical & Ecumenical Women’s Caucus-Christian Feminism Today (EEWC-CFT) Gathering in Indianapolis this summer. Marg is scurrying around the meeting room, setting up the sound system, keyboard, powerpoint, and other equipment. In cyberland, I have come to appreciate Marg as […]
In the Beginning by Rev. Shawna R.B. Atteberry In the beginning there was Silence Chaos Deep In the beginning there was Blackness Void Nothing In the beginning The Spirit brooded Godde spoke And Wisdom cheered In the beginning was Godde And Wisdom was with Godde Before She was rationalized […]
Sophia is the Breath of Life by Christina Cavener Listen to the wind whistle, the leaves rustle, and the waves crash against the shore. These are the voices of Sophia: the whispers of the Holy One. Touch the bark on the tree, the wildflower in the field, and the leaves of a bush. These […]