“If my care for my kids is relentless... does God love me like this?”

Elizabeth came on to share about her book, Love Like a Mother: How the Sacred Work of Motherhood Reveals the Maternal Heart of God. But this conversation wasn’t just about her book - it is an invitation to explore a part of God that often goes ignored, unnoticed, and suppressed: the feminine, maternal side of God.

In all of our multitude of experiences with motherhood, Elizabeth invites us to see how mothering, in all its forms, and in all of its intensity and ordinariness, reveals the expansive and nurturing heart of God.

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

How viewing God through a maternal lens can expand and deepen our faith, no matter your gender or experience with motherhood
Stories from scripture—often hiding in plain sight—that show God’s love in very maternal, embodied ways
Honest reflections about wrestling with new images of God, and the courage it takes to lean into the discomfort
How ordinary, daily acts of care can become sacred ground for encountering a God who is tender, present, and nurturing

About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Berget is a speaker and author of Love Like a Mother: How the Sacred Work of Motherhood Reveals the Maternal Heart of God. Her work has appeared in Christianity Today, Coffee + Crumbs, Mothering Spirit, and other online spaces where mothers gather to find meaning in the mundane.

She shares her thoughts in her Substack newsletter, Back of the Flock, where she explores the image of God in the everyday work of motherhood. Berget has lived in Africa and Asia but now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband, three kids, and one mischievous dog. And yes, she'd love to hold your baby.

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