We have chosen this image to promote the Everyday Healing course where we teach about the power of the healing ministry to bring healing and hope to those who are suffering, and how it can build up the mission of the church in the complexity of today’s world.
The image of a repaired pot is an example of Kintsugi, the Japanese art form that mends broken pottery using gold. Rather than throwing away items when they are damaged by every day life, they are reconstructed using a most precious resource. The once fractured pot not only becomes more precious, but its value is found in the cracks and damage. The history of that pot is valued, as it is restored to wholeness by not covering up the damage, but rather the story of the damage is valued. The cracks are not a source of shame.
In the Everyday healing course we value each other’s story, knowing that we all have wounds and scars. But the Christian faith is that no matter how broken we are, we know that God can make all things new. Jesus himself was raised from the dead with scars, and it is through our faith and our experience that we can become ‘wounded healers’ to come alongside those who need healing and hope in the suffering of this world.
Everyone is welcome to become an everyday healers – join a course in 2023 to discover your own potential to bring healing and hope in your life, and into the lives of others.
“Behold, I am making all things new,” says the Lord (Revelation 21:5)