(RNS) — The author spoke to Religion News Service about why it’s important for people of all ages to see God as a mother and how the story of Hagar and Ishmael resonates for her.

FAITHFULLY, every Sunday, amid howls of protest, my mother took us to church. Although my brother and sister endured Sunday School, I hated it. No flannel-board Bible stories for me. “Please,… ...

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen." Then the "Gloria Patri:" "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

God is “they” in Mormonism, Ostler writes in “I Am a Child of Gods,” but most believers presume that means the heterosexual couple of a Heavenly Mother and Father.

TV, God And Religion. December 16, 2004 / 8:57 PM EST / CBS/AP ... Among the positive examples, the PTC cites a "JAG" episode where a character prays to God to say hello to her dead mother, ...

Mary, the Mother of God, is not an answer to any question. Mary, the Mother of God, is a declarative assertion that makes clear that it was from Mary that Jesus assumed our humanity by becoming a ...

Dear Carolyn: I am a stay-at-home mother of four who has tried to raise my family under the same strong Christian values that I grew up with. Therefore I was shocked when my oldest daughter ...

It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and when I started thinking about the theme for my column, I had a recurring thought. For the past several years, I have been in constant prayer about some mothers I ...

I can imagine my mother saying these words as Day did: “We cannot love God unless we love each other.” The final word is love, Day said. That’s what my mother taught me, too.