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Sermon Title: Practicing Kintsugi

(John 20:19-31)

Rev. Erik Kindem, April 12, 2015

Quick Summary:

There is a centuries-old Japanese method for fixing broken pottery called kintsugi or "golden joinery". Instead of trying to disguise or discard cracked or broken pottery, this technique accentuates the fractures and breaks. The plate or bowl is treated with a special lacquer in its broken places then dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The result is stunning— beautiful seams mark the places where cracks once threatened, giving it a truly unique appearance. Often enough the repaired piece ends up being more beautiful than the original. And what’s more intriguing is this: the newly reformed whole piece contains both the remembrance of that which was before and that which is now.

By appearing to his fearful followers and shows them his wounds, Jesus shows them how, through the power of resurrection, the scars are transformed from emblems of defeat and disfigurement to emblems of God’s commitment to make what is broken whole.

Ultimately, God’s call to each one of us is a call to wholeness. Not a call to flawlessness or to perfection, but to a way of living that mends what is broken by staking its claim on God’s promise to practice the art of kintsugi on us all.

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