With Mother’s Day falling every year on a Sunday — this year it’s May 8 — many churches try to honor the moms in their congregations during weekly worship services.
The world’s sacred texts include a number of stories about mothers, who often are the first to pass faith on to their children. Many view the work of mothering as holy work and experience the love of God in the love of their mothers.
As the quote attributed to author Rudyard Kipling goes, “God could not be…