What’s our image of God?

Veronica Zundel believes we should be free to explore the ‘divine feminine’ – but to stay clear of what is being espoused by New Agers

God is Not a Boy’s Name is the title of a book by Lyn Brakeman about becoming a woman priest. Another book title, by Chine McDonald, declares God is Not a White Man. Of course we all know theoretically that God is neither male nor female, black nor white. But in practice, when we pray or speak of God, do we unconsciously or even consciously have a masculine image in the back of our minds, something perhaps like the white-haired, bearded paterfamilias in so many classical paintings?