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The Mother Heart of God: Unveiling the Mystery of the Father's Maternal Love
Are you feeling stressed-out? In the middle of chaos, God brings courage and comfort, and answers our deepest questions. What is the purpose of life? How are both men and women made in the image of God? What are we missing? Who is God, the Comforter?
After a near-death experience, Trudy Beyak an award-winning journalist pursued a global investigation into the nature of God and gender. She interviewed fifty leaders of faith, including: Ruth Graham, the Vatican, Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI; Gary Chapman, Danae Dobson, Paul Young, Brennan Manning, Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan, and Dr. Francis Collins, to name a few. Their answers will inspire you!
This book is not only a first-class investigation, but a compelling spiritual journey. In a world reeling from one crisis to another, God, as the Comforter, gives us calm and comfort, as a mother comforts a loved one and gives wisdom to help in every crisis . The spiritual insight about the maternal side to God’s mercy and love is a fact that has mostly been missing from the Christian conversation for more than 5,000 years.
Reflecting on Trudy Beyak’s spiritual journey and global quest for answers that are based on Scripture, best-selling author Paul Young writes:
"The Mother Heart of God is brilliant, balanced and beautiful. What a superb and important contribution to the expanding conversation. I love it! . . . When a brilliant interviewer and journalist wraps her quest and questions inside her “story,” humanity is delivered a stunning and important gift! You are holding such a gift in your hands!"
After a near-death experience, Trudy Beyak an award-winning journalist pursued a global investigation into the nature of God and gender. She interviewed fifty leaders of faith, including: Ruth Graham, the Vatican, Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI; Gary Chapman, Danae Dobson, Paul Young, Brennan Manning, Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan, and Dr. Francis Collins, to name a few. Their answers will inspire you!
This book is not only a first-class investigation, but a compelling spiritual journey. In a world reeling from one crisis to another, God, as the Comforter, gives us calm and comfort, as a mother comforts a loved one and gives wisdom to help in every crisis . The spiritual insight about the maternal side to God’s mercy and love is a fact that has mostly been missing from the Christian conversation for more than 5,000 years.
Reflecting on Trudy Beyak’s spiritual journey and global quest for answers that are based on Scripture, best-selling author Paul Young writes:
"The Mother Heart of God is brilliant, balanced and beautiful. What a superb and important contribution to the expanding conversation. I love it! . . . When a brilliant interviewer and journalist wraps her quest and questions inside her “story,” humanity is delivered a stunning and important gift! You are holding such a gift in your hands!"
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304 pages, Hardcover
First published April 23, 2013
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July 29, 2019
I wavered between two and three stars on this one. I'll divide my review up into two pieces so you know what I mean.
First, the ideas discussed in the book are the highlight. The discussion of the maternal and motherly aspects of who God is and what God's love is like definitely ministered to me. The author interviews many theologians and discusses how the truth of God's motherly love, which was so prominent in the early church, has largely been lost in the centuries since. The book helped me see God and some of the verses describing God's love in a new light.
Second, I wasn't a fan of how the book was organized. The ideas and chapters seemed very scattered, with no real coherent path forward from the beginning through the end. It was also very repetitive, and almost made me feel that a certain page count was needed to warrant the publishing of a full size book. Some points brought up in certain chapters seemed to have no clear relevance to the title of the chapter, and I was left wondering why the author brought that up in that particular section. It wasn't horribly put together, but I would certainly describe it as scattered.
Overall, I'd say four stars for the content, and two stars for the structure...so three stars.
First, the ideas discussed in the book are the highlight. The discussion of the maternal and motherly aspects of who God is and what God's love is like definitely ministered to me. The author interviews many theologians and discusses how the truth of God's motherly love, which was so prominent in the early church, has largely been lost in the centuries since. The book helped me see God and some of the verses describing God's love in a new light.
Second, I wasn't a fan of how the book was organized. The ideas and chapters seemed very scattered, with no real coherent path forward from the beginning through the end. It was also very repetitive, and almost made me feel that a certain page count was needed to warrant the publishing of a full size book. Some points brought up in certain chapters seemed to have no clear relevance to the title of the chapter, and I was left wondering why the author brought that up in that particular section. It wasn't horribly put together, but I would certainly describe it as scattered.
Overall, I'd say four stars for the content, and two stars for the structure...so three stars.
July 27, 2020
We have known Trudy for a number of years. First as our neighbour and then as our friend. Trudy lived down the road from us in Abbotsford and when her book came out, we were most pleased to have purchased one directly from the author.
Reading The Mother Heart of God has answered a number of questions for me. Trudy states that God is beyond gender. But what does that mean in this day and age? She goes on to explain that God is our Father and He loves justice and mercy. He is our Saviour. And that God as our heavenly Father shows the masculine side of God. But God also shows us His caring and loving side, which as mothers we know that He cares for us as a “…hen looks after her chicks”. He hurts when we hurt, He cries when we cry. He feels all of our emotions and shows them in His loving and caring side.
Knowing that God is beyond gender has helped me to understand that we are made in God’s image whether male or female. I would encourage anyone who has wondered about the gender of God to read Trudy’s book The Motherside of God. I am so glad that I did.
Jean Hood, Ucluelet, BC
Reading The Mother Heart of God has answered a number of questions for me. Trudy states that God is beyond gender. But what does that mean in this day and age? She goes on to explain that God is our Father and He loves justice and mercy. He is our Saviour. And that God as our heavenly Father shows the masculine side of God. But God also shows us His caring and loving side, which as mothers we know that He cares for us as a “…hen looks after her chicks”. He hurts when we hurt, He cries when we cry. He feels all of our emotions and shows them in His loving and caring side.
Knowing that God is beyond gender has helped me to understand that we are made in God’s image whether male or female. I would encourage anyone who has wondered about the gender of God to read Trudy’s book The Motherside of God. I am so glad that I did.
Jean Hood, Ucluelet, BC
October 7, 2019
This book has a lot of good thoughts, but it is a bit too “conservative” for my personal beliefs. She draws from some evangelicals leaders that I find problematic, such as John and Staci Eldridge and Ravi Zachariah, and she relies a bit too heavily on tired stereotypes to try and explain the two sides of God’s nature (“Men represent God’s strength and women represent his beauty!”). She does touch on some very important points about how the feminine side of God has been eliminated from Christianity after being prevalent in the early Church, but then backtracks with statements like “I am NOT a feminist though!”
Because she does go into some good history and hermeneutics, I give it four stars. I think this would be a good book for people of a more conservative bend who are curious about the elimination of the feminine side of God in Christianity, but find people like Sarah Bessey or Rachel Held Evans too progressive for them. If you want to read really good, well researched information on the original texts, I’d recommend Marg Mowczko’s blog.
Because she does go into some good history and hermeneutics, I give it four stars. I think this would be a good book for people of a more conservative bend who are curious about the elimination of the feminine side of God in Christianity, but find people like Sarah Bessey or Rachel Held Evans too progressive for them. If you want to read really good, well researched information on the original texts, I’d recommend Marg Mowczko’s blog.
August 8, 2020
Trudy clearly followed the Lord's leading in the work she has done to collect and document conversations she has had with leading Christian leaders from around the world . She searched their thoughts, insights and knowledge about the "gender" question of God.
This is not your typical book but one that leads you through not only Trudy's personal search but with her gift of writing she educates and creates an ongoing source of inspiration for the reader.
This is not your typical book but one that leads you through not only Trudy's personal search but with her gift of writing she educates and creates an ongoing source of inspiration for the reader.
March 13, 2013
At last a good look at the attributes of God.
December 26, 2016
An exploration of the maternal/feminine side of God, combining the skill of a reporter with personal anecdotes, more complementarian than egalitarian.
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