And also? In the Bible itself God does not exclusively refer to Godself in masculine imagery or pronouns. Sometimes God refers to Himself as “She,” and sometimes She refers to Herself as “They,” and sometimes They do not use any kind of gendered, human-bound imagery at all to describe Themself. This is not some newfangled idea, either. Our spiritual ancestors – from Clement of Alexandria, to Augustine of Hippo, to John Chrysostom, to Anselm of Canterbury, and many others – have often articulated an understanding of God as containing many gendered aspects. It is actually quite an old-fashioned thing to think that God is bigger than gender.
— Lizzie McManus-Dail, God Didn’t Make Us to Hate Us, p. 2
Photo: Water lilies in Monet’s Garden, Giverny, France, June 22, 2026