God is a verb - Sharon R. Guthrie

Most of us were likely taught to think of God as a noun—a being, a presence, something “out there,” somewhere beyond ourselves. But theologian Mary Daly, who is credited with popularizing the phrase “God is a verb,” invited us into a radically different way of seeing.

She challenged the traditional image of God as distant, static, and separate—often imagined in exclusively masculine terms.  Daly called for a profound shift in perception.

And that shift changes everything.

When we understand God as a verb, divinity is no longer remote or fixed.

God becomes dynamic. Creative. Alive, an indwelling presence to experience.

This vision aligns deeply with the teachings of Ernest Holmes.  Although Holmes is not known for saying God is a Verb, he taught that God is not separate from life, but the very essence of life itself.  Life, he believed, is God in action—a creative intelligence forever expressing, eternally unfolding, right here in this present moment.

And so, what we think, what we feel, what we accept as true becomes the channel through which this creative power flows.

When God is a verb, God is not waiting to act someday, somewhere. God is already acting through us—and as us.

in the thoughts we choose,in the kindness we extend,in the courage we summon to begin again.

Each moment, then, becomes an opportunity to express the sacred.

Whenever we align ourselves—even imperfectly—with love, with truth, with compassion, with possibility, we are cooperating with the movement of the Divine.

And this is the deeper invitation:

To know God NOT simply as something we believe in,but as something we consciously embody.

Right here and right now.