Restricted Expression

 

"Praying may be the most personal 

and intimate thing we do."

FEMININE FACE OF GOD

THE FEMININE FACE OF GOD, The Unfolding of The Sacred in Women by Sherry Anderson and Patricia Hopkins written in 1981 became a guide for women to redefine patriarchal prayer.  The book encouraged women to redefine traditional practices and to create authentic communication.  

In the 1980's a phrase was coined: "God is Dead".  The lapse of attendance at churches prompted many to believe that faith had fallen.  In truth, however, it was not belief in God that had disintegrated, but the exclusive practices of the organized church.

Prayer became a deeper and more authentic communication with all that was sacred.  Women in particular expanded prayer to be appropriate within the temple of the heart or on the sand of an ocean.  The power of prayer heightened and joined people together in spite of denominations, races, or gender. Church attendance may have hit a decline, but personal faith in Divine Spirit blossomed, impacting once restricted and singularly defined expression.