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Authors, Bridget Mary Meehan, D. Min. and Regina Madonna Oliver, D. Min. provide away for parents and teachers of religious education to introduce children, through story and guided prayer, to the realization that God is an intimate and warmly loving author and sustainer of their very life and being. Each lesson is geared to show the child that God's love is 'Motherlike', sustaining and nurturing, as much as it is 'Fatherfike', supporting and maintaining. But to suggest that God is 'parent-like' is to connote that this is 'parent-likeness' at its highest level of perfection. An introduction provides this background, explaining that God-images--metaphors about God--while helpful, may at times limit our understanding, since the reality of God is always infinitely more than any verbal image can convey! During each guided reflection the child is invited to sit, imaginatively, on Mother God's lap, and listen to a story "from her wonderfid book, the Bible." Each story begins with a scriptural quotation which suggests a feminine quality in God's love, on which the story of the day builds. Lesson Plans or Procedures the presenter may follow in working with a child/children are provided to help parents or teachers with the presentation process. Three children's songs provide music for "settling into meditation," for summarizing the story-reflection and for celebrating God as maker and birther of all creation. The authors have discovered through feedback from readers, that adults, both women and men, have also experienced healing and enrichment through these childlike meditations. As they . . stered to their children, they encountered God's sustaining womb-love embracing them at the core of their being. Adults are beginning to utilize the book for their own spiritual growth. |
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Talks with Mother God includes ten Scripture-inspired, beautifully illustrated
"prayer stories" for children:
