Some years ago
I was getting a haircut in the district town of Maswa, Tanzania.  When I told
the barber that I was flying to the United States, he asked me what are some of
the topics that Americans talk about and even disagree on.  I mentioned the
controversy over whether God should be called both Father and Mother, or Father
only.  The barber commented: "That’s an easy question.  We are children of God. 
To give birth to children you need a Father and a Mother.  So God has to be
both."