Secrets of Broken Pottery

<p><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)><em>Get ready to challenge the way you see God. And the way you think He sees you... </em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Do you feel broken lost... is your life shattered into a </span>thousand pieces and you have no idea how to put it all back together? Are you yearning for fresh clay and a new start? <em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>You're not alone</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>. God is the Great Potter and </span>through his loving hands you will discover the secrets of broken pottery and</p><p>the strength he has hidden within all of us. </p><p>In <strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)><em>Secrets of Broken Pottery</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> author Heidi McKendrick </span>strips away the illusions we've created around Biblical heroes and presents them in a realistic light through tales of pitifully broken potteries. This book reaffirms that <em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>the Great Potter remains faithful even if we don't</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>. Heidi has conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars on grace-filled </span>topics of brokenness for NGO organizations churches seminaries and universities. Now she brings that same passion to readers all around the world. </p><p><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)><em>None of your broken pieces are wasted! Read Secrets of Broken Pottery and discover the blessings in your brokenness today! </em></strong></p><p><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>The </em><em>first part</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> of the book introduces broken potteries reflecting on the reasons for their hurt. Sometimes we break our pottery ourselves but often it is by others either accidentally or intentionally. It can also be </span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>a </em><em>force majeure</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> something that can happen to anyone. </span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>The </em><em>second part</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> tells stories of broken potteries in the Bible. These stories reflect our life struggles and blessings and they celebrate the Great Potter. Every pot is precious broken or not the Great Potter never wastes His clay! </span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>The </em><em>third part </em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>of explores the twenty secrets of broken potteries for all of us broken containers to reflect on - inviting a spiritual discovery growth and healing.  Immersing in these secrets will assist you in ridding yourself of any false images you may have about God. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>T</span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>he final part</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> discusses the process of </span>restoration - or as much as is possible on this side of eternity. <em>We all wear scars- but so does the Great Potter. </em><strong><em>His Light radiates through the cracks of your brokenness. </em></strong></p><p>The main concept of this book conveys the framework of <em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Christian Pastoral Care.</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> It is targeted for </span>Christian potteries broken because of life's labours and painful blows -many because of their traumatizing experiences in legalistic and spiritually abusive church communities. The message emphasizes the Great Potter's revulsion of the tarnishing of His name through the abuse perpetrated by so many religious organizations. <strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)><em>Allow the Great Potter to reveal what He sees when He sees you</em>.  </strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Maybe - you've had a wrong impression </span>of Him all along?</p>