Joel, I’m fairly confident neither Paul nor Andrew are arguing that it is ‘wrong’ to pray to Jesus. Perhaps simply that the pattern in Scripture usually involves the Father more than the Son. And so here’s a separate, though related question: if God is not gendered because God is Spirit, then does it make sense to pray to God as Mother? I think I remember the question being raised elsewhere on the site, but I don’t remember where. Within NT Wright’s 5-act picture for Scriptural authority, is it a legitimate extension to pray to God as Mother? Or does this seem to violate the narrative flow in more than just a creative sense? If we recover prayer to the Father through the Son, how can we adapt our language to reflect both masculine and feminine attributes in the divine Agent who restores the world? And how do we do see without being silly?

Any thoughts (perhaps this should be a new thread…)?

-Daniel-