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May 8, 2026
Beloved of Grace,
Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend, and Mother’s Day is...well…complicated. I am lucky enough to have a good relationship with my Mom and the mother figures in my life. And, I am lucky enough to have my own children. I realize that I’m writing from an extremely privileged place on this topic. There are many of us with broken relationships related to Mothers and Mother’s Day. Or, those of us who have difficulty with gendered language for people or God. I love this prayer because it is trying to capture many facets of Mother’s Day and invites God into those situations to love and bless us.
However you feel about your own mother, Mother’s Day, and feminine images of God, please know you are welcome at Grace this Sunday. We’ll all gather together and focus on God’s love of us. In this Sunday’s gospel we hear: “I will not leave you orphaned” I pray we can receive love from God, being cared for by God as we hope and dream a mother might. We can also all offer each other God’s love, and fill in the gaps where Mother’s Day and mothers in general (myself included!) fall short.
Praying for each of you this week--
Faithfully,
Lauren
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