Goddess, Arise in Us

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Anything less than lasting peace means war is in vain.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You wait for our return.
You wait for our growth.
You wait for our learning.
You wait for our trust.
Here we are, ready or not.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“In my next coming, I will appear in the USA and start a new religious movement.”

[He did not say that.]

D. Blog: Holy Goddess

I am puzzled about why we would fear the Goddess, Mother of all. Is it that we imagine a jealous God? That means we fear “him” more. But surely Divinity is one, union of male an female. If “he” is one with the Spirit and with Jesus, “he” is surely one with “her”.

Do we fear the Goddess because we don’t know her as well? Do we fear her because our mothers were first to discipline us, because we feared they might withdraw their care from us?

I think the answer lies mostly in that we fear the lawgiving, judging and punishing God. Jesus began to overturn that notion of God, but then the church pinned the notion of sacrificial atonement to His crucifixion, and that leaves us with the awful understanding of a God who would require the death of his only son to make up for the depravity of humanity. I see no grace in that.

My mother had/has more understanding and empathy. As does the Goddess, the divine feminine, the Absolute Mysterious, the Holy One who reveals true grace.