“I don't think God is a gender. He presents himself as a father but he comes to us with the tenderness of a mother. In some of the parables, he is the housewife who cleans the house looking for the lost coin.” ThinkingMotherFatherHouseLostGenderTendernessCoinsHousewifeParables Author:Max Lucado
“A man's fatherliness is enriched as much by his acceptance of his feminine and childlike strivings as it is by his memories of tender closeness with his own father. A man who has been able to accept tenderness from his father is able later in life to be tender with his own children.” MenChildrenHas BeensAbleFatherMemoriesAcceptingStyleAcceptanceStriveFeminineTendernessChildlikeClosenessLater In LifeParenting Styles Book:Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual Source: Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual
“When Christians forget about hope and tenderness they become a cold Church, that loses its sense of direction and is held back by ideologies and worldly attitudes, whereas God’s simplicity tells you: go forward, I am a Father who caresses you.” ChristianFatherLosesChurchForgetAttitudeColdSimplicityIdeologyTendernessWorldlyCaress Author:Pope Francis