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Colorful threads woven together with hands, symbolizing love, nurture, and community in the Ministry of Mothering.
The Ministry of Mothering– May 11, 2025
Christian Lesson: Acts 9:36 – 43
On this Mother’s Day, Pastor Chris offered a moving and expansive reflection on what it means to embody the ministry of mothering — a sacred vocation not limited by gender, biology, or social expectation. Grounded in the story of Tabitha (also known as Dorcas), whose life of compassion and care rippled outward through a grieving community, we were reminded that mothering is more than a title — it is a way of living God’s love into the world.
With tenderness and truth, Pastor Chris acknowledged that Mother’s Day stirs a wide range of emotions — joy, grief, gratitude, pain — and affirmed that there is room here for all of it, and all of us. We honored the mothers who raised us, the ones who failed us, and the ones who found us. We honored those who have mothered through love, mentorship, solidarity, and service — regardless of biology or title.
To mother, Pastor Chris shared, is to weave a divine tapestry of care, one sacred thread at a time. It is to nourish life, to protect joy, to mend brokenness with grace. In this holy calling, we are all invited to be life-bearers — to nurture justice, offer tenderness, and rise to the divine caretaking that changes the world.
This is the ministry of mothering. And it belongs to us all.
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