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A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global.

Theologian Sallie McFague has died at the age of Her body of work has inspired me as a preacher and teacher, as an ecofeminist, and as an author. After graduating seminary in , I began my first call as an associate pastor at a thriving member suburban congregation. Two years into this ministry I was alarmed at the feelings of burn-out I was experiencing so early in my career.

One afternoon I sat in the office of my counselor bemoaning the predicament in which I found myself. Why did God call me to a ministry of endless demands? Why was God pushing me in a relentless drive for church growth at all costs? My counselor listened. Then she wondered out loud if my situation had as much to do with my concept of God as it did with my ministry context.

It feels like nothing I do is ever enough for him. My counselor noted that my pronouns for God were masculine. She asked if perhaps I should look for another model of God. I was nonplussed. The thought of finding other ways to conceive of God had never occurred to me. That conversation began a quest to explore alternative ways of thinking about God that are intentionally different from the image of God I had grown up with and which had accompanied me through seminary and into ministry.