This week we're exploring the spiritual practice of mothering, a practice that is accessible to all humans as we undergo to care for others and help them grow. We'll examine references in the Bible to God as mother, and look to God's example to lead us forward in the necessary and holy work of mothering and being mothered, too.
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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Song: A Mother Never Rests, by Lori McKenna
2. Scriptural references to God as mother, from womensordination.org
3. Song: Mary, by Patty Griffin
4. Writer Laura Fanucci, writing @thismessygrace and on her blog, Mothering Spirit: Everyday Parenting as Spiritual Practice
5. Raised Catholic episode: Mother Mary
6. Podcast: Abiding Together, part 1 of a 4-part series on spiritual motherhood
7. Song: Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, performed by Chanticleer
8. Memoir: Looking for Mary (The Blessed Mother and Me), by Beverly Donofrio
9. Memoir: Glitter and Glue, by Kelly Corrigan
10. Children's Book: What is God Like?, by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner
