Comments on: Pentecost Pondering https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Fri, 21 May 2021 22:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9292 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:41:24 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9292 In reply to Martha Jane Orlando.

yes it is personal and very vulnerable too. Aren’t we so blessed!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9291 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:40:51 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9291 In reply to Pat Forsman.

love PAPA – so tender and loving.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9290 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:40:25 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9290 In reply to Elizabeth Herbert Cottrell.

I will have to check out that book. Thanks for the great suggestion. Interesting Jesus is the one more elusive for you. I find that helpful to know this as it widens my understanding of how everyone’s spirituality is so different.Happy weekend,Elizabeth!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9289 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:38:14 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9289 In reply to Beth Boland.

Sounds like we are alike spiritually!!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9288 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:37:50 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9288 In reply to Lisa notes.

It is a tender, loving name from me. I almost didn’t share this since it made me feel vulnerable but after I wrote the post it seemed right. Blessings on your weekend,Lisa

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9287 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:36:01 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9287 In reply to Nancy Ruegg.

Aren’t we so blessed to have so many names and approaches to God? I love all the names.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9286 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:35:06 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9286 In reply to Linda Stoll.

amen and amen!

]]> By: Linda Stoll https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9285 Fri, 21 May 2021 02:01:56 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9285 Praise God for the Trinity, 3 in one. The Spirit comforts, convicts, guides us into all truth, teaches us what to say. I’m so grateful every need is met by the Trinity.

]]> By: Nancy Ruegg https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9284 Tue, 18 May 2021 21:24:37 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9284 In the back of the classic Bible study, Experiencing God, by Henry Blackaby, he’s listed numerous names for God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit–straight from scripture. I turn to those pages every now and then when I need a fresh perspective. “Shepherd” is a name that fits both Father and Son, and I love the visualization from Isaiah 40:11 of my loving Shepherd-God carrying me close to his heart!

]]> By: Nancy Ruegg https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9283 Tue, 18 May 2021 21:18:09 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9283 In reply to Lisa notes.

I like that, Lisa. Calling him “Holy Spirit” makes him seem more of a Person than thing–which he’s NOT! Thank you for sharing that.

]]> By: Lisa notes https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9282 Tue, 18 May 2021 21:03:21 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9282 I love naming the Spirit “Sophia.” I like to think of the Spirit in this way too, Jean. My previous church used “the Holy Spirit” but my current church drops “the” and just calls him/her “Holy Spirit.” For whatever reason, it makes it seem more personal to me. 🙂

]]> By: Beth Boland https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9281 Tue, 18 May 2021 20:51:45 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9281 You must be channeling me! God is our Father/Mother God, and the Creator and the Incarnate are male in Scripture. So I have for some years now identified the Holy Spirit as the feminine aspect of God and called it Sophia or Wisdom. So naturally I love this blog entry!

]]> By: Elizabeth Herbert Cottrell https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9280 Tue, 18 May 2021 15:49:50 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9280 I love this post, Jean, and thinking of the Holy Spirit as Sophia is especially relevant for me right now after just finishing Meggan Wattersons’s fascinating book Mary Magdalene Revealed (about the Gospel of Mary) which I’ve just reviewed on my blog. Not only does this author apply her feminist theology (which can be off-putting, but mostly okay), but she also talks about the Gospel of Mary espousing a doctrine of wisdom (sophiology) rather than a doctrine of salvation (soteriology).

I’ve always called God “God” but think of God as “God the Father.” I was fortunate to have had a wonderful earthly father, so I had no issues with this image. I’ve always called Holy Spirit “Spirit,” but I love “Sophia” for all the reasons you and others have mentioned and will start using it.

I confess that in spite of my ardent seeking, Jesus as the living Christ has been more elusive and I tend to call on God and Spirit more in my prayers.

]]> By: Pat Forsman https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9279 Tue, 18 May 2021 15:22:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9279 Hes Papa God to me…knowing full well He is everything …the Almighty..maker of heaven and earth…but ive always wondered abt the female end of the trinity…for us ladies we need a mama…Holy Spirit could be Her!!…thank you jean…Peace be with you…

]]> By: Martha Jane Orlando https://healthyspirituality.org/pentecost-pondering/#comment-9278 Tue, 18 May 2021 14:47:43 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=7393#comment-9278 I love that you call the Holy Spirit, Sophia, Jean. It is so very personal! And yes, she is our guide, our advocate and the source of God’s wisdom in our lives. May your Pentecost be blessed!

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