The Mother Heart of God: Unveiling the Mystery of the Father's Maternal Love

Are we missing half the picture of God? For more than five millennia, scholars focused on the paternal or fatherly qualities of God's loving kindness, but forgot or ignored the maternal aspects. What is it about this issue that triggers such controversy? As a committed Christian and an investigative journalist, Trudy Beyak spent five years on a journey with pen and notebook in hand researching the Scriptures and interviewing more than fifty leading biblical scholars and celebrities from North America to the Middle East. What is God really like? What sacred evidence does the Bible reveal?

Trudy Beyak invites the reader to join her on a global journey to discover a fresh spiritual view of God that is relevant and encouraging for everyone. By weaving elements of her personal story, interview highlights with over fifty Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders, and biblical facts, Trudy invites the reader to experience the comfort and intensity of God's infinite embrace: a love that shelters, protects and brings healing to every soul.

“QUOTE FROM THE BOOK: When God created men and women to be like him, women are half of the equation--we are half of the picture.-- Ruth Graham, author, and daughter of Billy Graham”

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"When a brilliant interviewer and journalist wraps her quest and questions inside 'story' humanity is delivered a stunning and important gift! You are holding such a gift in your hands!" - Wm. Paul Young, author of The Shack and Cross Roads

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"The Old Testement prophets used the analogy of the 'womb' to disclose how God gently 'shelters us' and 'carries us in compassionate love.'" - Pope Benedict XVI

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"When God created men and women to be like him, women are half of the equation--we are half of the picture." - Ruth Graham, author, and daughter of Billy Graham

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"God's love for us is like the deep love a mother has for her newborn, like the protective love a mother has for her sick three-year-old child, like the unconditional love a mother has for her cantankerous 18-year-old." - Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author

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"God expressed his love in the metaphors of the family, both father and mother." - Ravi Zacharias, international evangelist

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"This new book is an amazing example of how a collection of articulate, educated people deeply committed to differing religious faiths can agree on a concept that has never even occurred to most of us. And, yet the concept is so obvious." - Vivian Ruskin, a journalist, related to Mark Twain

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"All three persons of the Godhead reveal paternal and maternal qualities in their relationship with us. They are one in essence ... The paternal aspect of God is a combination of authority and care; the maternal quality is one of loving support." - J.I. Packer, editor, English Standard Version Bible

An award-winning investigative journalist, Trudy Beyak is acclaimed by the North American newspaper industry for her compassion and tenacity in pursuing stories that help people live healthier, happier lives. She lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia and has three daughters and seven grandchildren.

Are you feeling stressed-out? In the middle of chaos, God brings courage and comfort, and answers our deepest questions. What is the purpose of life? How are both men and women made in the image of God? What are we missing? Who is God, the Comforter? After a near-death experience, Trudy Beyak an award-winning journalist pursued a global investigation into the nature of God and gender. She interviewed fifty leaders of faith, including: Ruth Graham, the Vatican, Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI; Gary Chapman, Danae Dobson, Paul Young, Brennan Manning, Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan, and Dr. Francis Collins, to name a few. Their answers will inspire you! This book is not only a first-class investigation, but a compelling spiritual journey. In a world reeling from one crisis to another, God, as the Comforter, gives us calm and comfort, as a mother comforts a loved one and gives wisdom to help in every crisis . The spiritual insight about the maternal side to God's mercy and love is a fact that has mostly been missing from the Christian conversation for more than 5,000 years. Reflecting on Trudy Beyak's spiritual journey and global quest for answers that are based on Scripture, best-selling author Paul Young writes: "The Mother Heart of God is brilliant, balanced and beautiful. What a superb and important contribution to the expanding conversation. I love it! . . . When a brilliant interviewer and journalist wraps her quest and questions inside her "story," humanity is delivered a stunning and important gift! You are holding such a gift in your hands!"

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