Finally, I emptied the bag in which I had placed the sheet of flipchart paper with the 'metaphors' people had offered for God.  And so now, largely off the top of my head, is my attempt to make something coherent from them!

The words were:

Creator

Majestic

Mystery

Bread of Life

Mother

Father

Shepherd

King of kings

Word

Here goes!

Creator God, Majestic Mystery -

Nurturing like mother and father, yet more than either, greater than both;

Feeding with the bread of life, your very self;

Shepherd who guides by day and guards by night;

King of kings, King beyond kings, sovereign who rules in justice;

Word who speaks in whispers, in silence, in scripture, story and song:

Majestic Mystery, we worship you.