"The different and seemingly conflicting metaphors in this volume tell us that people at different times, in different places and cultures, experience things differently. Things change. Sometimes they fall apart. This expansive variety of metaphors also tells us that God is free to be God. Some metaphors for God change or fall out of use, while others appear to endure. Others are revived. The task of the preacher is to take the differing and confusing, contradictory and commonplace events of everyday life and lift them up in such a way that we may see new possibilities in the vital Divine-human encounters." Archie Smith Jr., in his "Metaphors and Ministry" afterword "Hallowing God"s name means diving deep into the multivocality of metaphors for God, who cannot fully be grasped nor possessed in our sermons and our prayer life. Mary Donovan Turner leads us into the rich, at times unsettling world of imaging the Divine that the Hebrew Bible provides. This intriguing and helpful book should be read and used by worship leaders, preachers, and everyone who seeks to find new ways to draw closer into the Mystery." Andrea Bieler, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California Hebrew Scriptures include many names and metaphors for God-- Yahweh, Elohim, my rock, my shield, my salvation, creator, redeemer, helper, judge. Author Mary Donovan Turner explores nearly sixty terms, even as she grants that not all are of equal theological importance and that "understanding God as the loving parent has far more potential to be expanded and explored than God as a moth or dry rot." Reflection questions for each such metaphor invite readers to grapple with the age-old mystery of who God is.