May the Mighty One dance Her fierce dance on all the walls of injustice.
May the Strong, Proud Mama keep all Her babies safe.
May the Femme of all Femmes paint us in beauty.
May the Seductive One change our hearts.
May the Love of the Universe wiggle Her wide hips at you, and wrap Her thighs around you.
May the Promiscuous One make love to you,
And may She rock your world.
I love this. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love this. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI thought about this. If the end of the blessing were applied to any human being, would it be considered sexual harrassment? If it were said about me, I would take serious issue with it.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, I truly believe we do not know the gender, if any, of God. This seems very misgendering to me.
I appreciate that it is a metaphor, and yes, a counter to all the previous misgenderings of our loving Creator. But it seems like a bit presumptuous and possibly sexual harrassment.
Lots of other good stuff, but some I would hope you might prayerfully reconsider.
I think you have a great point about not carelessly engaging in sexual conversation with someone who isn't expecting it. I wouldn't think it's appropriate for a pastor to just surprise a congregation on a regular Sunday morning with this, without conversation first.
DeleteBut then again, I don't think that "this won't work in every time and place" is a particularly valid critique of liturgy, since I'm not sure there is any liturgy ever written that does work in every time and place, with the possible exception of words that Jesus gave us.
The only time I've used this in a congregation it was one that already talked about the diversity of gendered language for God in the Bible, and the holiness of sexuality. Even then, I talked about it with leaders first, told the congregation at the beginning of the worship service that there was some sexual content in what I was going to say, talked about it in the sermon, and *then* used it at the end of the worship service. In that setting, introduced in that way, it was very well received.
I thought about this. If the end of the blessing were applied to any human being, would it be considered sexual harrassment? If it were said about me, I would take serious issue with it.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, I truly believe we do not know the gender, if any, of God. This seems very misgendering to me.
I appreciate that it is a metaphor, and yes, a counter to all the previous misgenderings of our loving Creator. But it seems like a bit presumptuous and possibly sexual harrassment.
Lots of other good stuff, but some I would hope you might prayerfully reconsider.