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You’re invited to a free Online Global Gathering at the Intersection of the Divine Feminine and Christianity, August 28 – September 1, 2023. Recordings of presentations will be available for a week after the gathering. I’m honored to have a presentation titled “Divine Feminine Songs” on day 2, August 29, of the gathering. Register for […]
“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8, NRSVUE). I asked Her for peace in my heart; I asked […]
DeShay W. Freemyer-Jackson, Minister of Music for The Gathering, A Womanist Church, sings “Come Now, All-Inclusive Spirit.” Thank you, DeShay, for your beautiful singing of this song! Come Now, All-Inclusive Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Galatians 5:22 ) Come now, all-inclusive Spirit; dwell within our minds and souls; fill us all with deep compassion so that […]
Sometimes we don’t feel creative or we feel stuck in our creative work. It helps to remember that we are all in the image of the Creative Spirit (Genesis 1:26-27), so we are all creative. When we claim our birthright, we delight in “our creative flow” and in seeing our creative gifts “bloom and grow.” […]
One of my favorite biblical female divine images is Ruah, the Hebrew word for “Spirit.” Ruah gave birth to the universe. She’s first found in Genesis 1:2: “The Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.” The word in this verse translated “moving,” (rachaph) is used to describe divine action only one […]
