Been doing various presentations/seminars on Kintsukuroi (golden repair) as a metaphor of being beautifully broken. I expanded this to include other images of "holy defect" the idea that God does NOT desire in us some unattainable, and frankly unidentifiable, perfection. Rather, God's glory is demonstrated most, and we are most effective ministerially, with demonstration of …
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Images of Holy Defect
Defects are not always bad. Defects, after all, simply are things that show variance from someone's idea of perfection. But perfection is not only unattainable... it is also unidentifiable. Plato's idealized forms don't really exist... here or anywhere else. But what do I mean by "Holy Defect." This doesn't mean "defective holiness." Rather, I am …