Thank you, God, for deliverance.Thank you that ________ has given birthand that we can hold baby __________ in our arms.Thank you for this mysterious process
Children’s Story: supplies: have a large vase with enough flowers so every child in church will be able to hold one. Good morning, children! What
Maternal God you conceive us give birth to us nurse us smile at us every day protect us feed us give us words to say
Mothering God, thank you for giving us life and breath on this most beautiful of days! The sun beams out praise! The leaves unfurl their
God our Creator, Ancient of Days, even as we give thanks for Jesus’ birth, you behold it happening. You are beyond time. You are always
God, thank you for the dawn that comes every morning, even after our darkest nights. We give you thanks for life resurrecting from the death
It doesn’t always go as planned. Bowled over with newborn love, the way ahead seems clear and untroubled, devotion deep and wide enough to weather
It’s not easy to trace the tears, the gaping holes where mothering went wrong. I can point to the withering look that day at the
We all have one. She goes by different names: mom, mama, mummy, my mother, my birth mother, the woman who bore me. We may know
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.
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