"I understand three ways of seeing motherhood in God..."

i think just some notes will do for today. i wrote kind of a lot in my class notes, so here i'll just highlight what i think is so interesting (and what i think i'll write my paper on).

motherhood is, for julian of norwich, a state of doing. for this reason can christ be called a "mother"-- he, too, performs works similar to those a mother would perform for her children. julian perceives god's will as action. this seems to be at odds with the traditional (but what tradition? i guess this just comes from some knowledge base i've assumed) view of women as passive. how can you both be passive and active at the same time? if to be a good christian means to be active, is it possible for women to be good christians? i think julian would say yes, because she equates action, or activeness, with women specifically.