Love Like a Mother

What if the exhaustion, wonder, and work of motherhood weren't barriers to knowing God — but invitations?

Love Like a Mother weaves together real-life stories from the trenches of motherhood with overlooked maternal imagery for God in the Bible, offering both spiritual depth and a sense of humor that only a mother could deliver.

The book gently invites readers to rediscover God under the lens of motherhood, as the one who gestates, births, mourns, adopts, nourishes, comforts, and protects — just like a mother. This discovery highlights how mothers bear the image of God in the sacred ordinary of everyday motherhood, from first contractions to first smiles to first tantrums.

For moms feeling spiritually adrift within parenting, this book provides a lifeline to spiritual connection, right in the middle of dishes, diapers, and sleepless nights. It offers theological insights rooted in Scripture as well as contemplative prayer and devotional practices that fit right within the busiest days.

An inspiration to moms in all stages of life and perfect for gift-giving, Bible studies, book clubs, and more.

Releasing May 5th — Brazos Press

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Praise for Love Like a Mother

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Elizabeth is exactly the warm, witty, and wise guide you need in motherhood: the rare writer whose words feel like friendship. She invites each of us to encounter God as mother — and our faith is deepened by the maternal love we find in Scripture together.

Laura Fanucci Author of Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting

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This will be a balm for new and experienced moms alike.

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Where has this book been all my life? I don't say this lightly: Elizabeth Berget has unlocked a profound new framework for viewing the love of God. I want to get this book into the hands of every mother I know.

Ashlee Gadd Author of Create Anyway; Founder of Coffee + Crumbs

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I believe we all benefit from seeing God beyond exclusively masculine imagery, and Love Like a Mother is an excellent guide. A gift for anyone who wants to know God better.

Meredith Miller Pastor; Author of Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Have to Heal From

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A visceral, moving, and profoundly insightful book. I found myself nourished and seen; my heart expanded with love for my children, for other mothers, and for God.

Chine McDonald Writer, Broadcaster, Director of Theos; Author of Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood

Weaving into the account her own alternately funny and touching motherhood anecdotes, Berget makes a strong case for eschewing reductive framings of God as a “dominant, masculine deity” for a more holistic notion that centers love, protection, and creation. This will be a balm for new and experienced moms alike.

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Elizabeth Berget is exactly the warm, witty, and wise guide moms need—that rare writer whose words feel like friendship. She invites each of us to encounter God as mother, and our faith is deepened by the maternal love we find in Scripture together.

Laura Kelly FanucciAuthor of Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting

Where has this book been all my life? I don’t say this lightly: Elizabeth Berget has unlocked a profound new framework for viewing the love of God. I was moved to tears twice out of sheer awe and astonishment. Reading Love like a Mother felt like turning over a diamond and discovering a whole new facet of God’s fierce devotion, gentle affection, and divine love for us. I want to get this book into the hands of every mother I know.

Ashlee GaddAuthor of Create Anyway; Founder of Coffee + Crumbs

I believe we all benefit from seeing God beyond exclusively masculine imagery, and Love like a Mother is an excellent guide. Elizabeth artfully and carefully goes beyond a simplistic sense of mothering—for example, moms care and God cares—into a fuller, more dynamic, and deeply biblical view. What a wonderful contribution this book is: a gift for anyone who wants to know God better.

Meredith MillerPastor; Author of Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From

Love like a Mother is a visceral, moving, and profoundly insightful book. Elizabeth Berget weaves Scripture together with the everyday realities of motherhood in ways that surprised me, challenged me, and taught me so much. Her reflections expand our understanding of God through the lens of maternal love: tender, embodied, and deeply human. I found myself nourished and seen; my heart expanded with love for my children, for other mothers, and for God.

Chine McDonaldWriter, Broadcaster, Director of Theos; Author of Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood

As a father, my eyes were opened by this book to the sacred beauty of nurturing and raising a family. Elizabeth Berget writes with wisdom and honesty, turning our eyes to the heart of God with a depth that invites all readers to see divine love in new and tender ways. This book is a gift.

Tanner OlsonAuthor of Getting Through What You’re Going Through

If you can’t bring yourself to read another book about a white male God but still ache for a God you can trust, Elizabeth Berget is your modern-day Christian mystic. Her tender, biblical theology is steeped in the universal languages of attachment, birth, and motherhood. This book reignited my holy imagination and helped me connect my evolving identity with a never-changing God. Seeing God in the mother and the mother in God changes everything. What we do as mothers matters, and Elizabeth gets it.

Mary Van GeffenAuthor of Parenting a Spicy One: A Compassionate Guide for Raising a Deep-Feeling and Wonderfully Strong-Willed Kid

What if the exhaustion, wonder, and work of motherhood weren't barriers to knowing God — but invitations?

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