Thank you for this my friend. I especially appreciated this..."Any collective is made up of individuals who are - in and of ourselves - fractured. Separated. From others, God, self, and the created world." As we allow ourselves to lean into this truth and do our individual work, it cannot but impact the collective because, at the core, we are all part of the same whole. Your words are soothing Jonas, and points the way through.
Your imagery of God filling the fractures reminds me of the Japanese art of Kintsugi, where broken pottery is mended with lacquer filled with gold dust. Our brokenness can bring glory to God - if we let God do the mending.
Thank you for this my friend. I especially appreciated this..."Any collective is made up of individuals who are - in and of ourselves - fractured. Separated. From others, God, self, and the created world." As we allow ourselves to lean into this truth and do our individual work, it cannot but impact the collective because, at the core, we are all part of the same whole. Your words are soothing Jonas, and points the way through.
Your imagery of God filling the fractures reminds me of the Japanese art of Kintsugi, where broken pottery is mended with lacquer filled with gold dust. Our brokenness can bring glory to God - if we let God do the mending.