Finding meaning in our lives is a necessary part of most of our journeys. The challenge is to find ways to make meaning in the world without slipping into the blame game.
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A Kintsugi Faith
Emotions are tricky things
Emotions are tricky things, but they get even trickier for those of us who have been raised in systems that teach us wrong names for what we feel.
Continue readingFinding our own gold
What makes the gold in our kintsugi faith so valuable is that no one gives it to us; the gold is the part that we have to find on our own as we put the broken pieces back together.
Continue readingIcons of a kintsugi faith
“Icons of a Kintsugi Faith” is a set of five icon-like pieces in polymer clay that illustrate five different Christian beliefs. Each has each been broken and repaired in a kintsugi-like manner to mimic the way that life experience breaks open our belief systems and to express the faith that our re-assembling of our beliefs in fresh new ways after these breaks adds to their depth and beauty.
Continue readingCreative work as prayer
My understanding of prayer has shifted over time from a very word-based exercise to a more expansive one that allows even my creative work to be a form of prayer in a real and engaging way.
Continue readingMending a broken faith
As I put the pieces of my faith back together, I am finding that it no longer looks the same. My “bowl” of faith no longer holds certainties; it is filled with mysteries and a growing ability to rest in the unknown.
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