Holy Father (Bible) and Great Father (Treaties)

1 Kings 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15a and Galatians 3:23-29 Father is one of those… rather contentious nouns… to me. Great Father Andrew Jackson (1835) It's hard when I read scripture and Jesus refers to his Father. And we have prayers about our Holy Father. And we pray, every Sunday, Our Father. It reminds me of Mary …

Like A Father

The authors of Proverbs imagine wisdom as a woman and a spirit that invites all people to come to her. When she remembers God creating, she uses a word that calls herself either God’s master artisan or worker helping imagine the wonders of the world… or a little girl who delights and plays in the …