Morning Meditation: Inclusive Language for God

Dear God — Father, Mother of all mercy, Sheltering Wing and Mighty Fortress — This morning I sit with Paul's words to the Romans, and I hear creation groaning. The sparrows outside my window, the cracked sidewalk pushing up dandelions, the whole aching earth leaning toward something it cannot yet name. Paul says all of creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God.…