A recent stirring in the American Presbyterian church (PCUSA) has been seen quite negatively by many within the evangelical movement (see especially the conversation here).
The idea is that formulations for the Trinity such as “Lover, Beloved, Love”, “Creator, Savior, Sanctifier”, “King of Glory, Prince of Peace, Spirit of Love”, or even “Mother, Child, Womb” could complement the more traditional “Father, Son, Holy Spirit”. People seem to balk at “Mother, Child, Womb”, and I was wondering why referring to our ‘heavenly Father’ as a ‘heavenly Mother’ is so offensive. That it is a break from Christian tradition, I readily acknowledge… but does that make it wrong?