A Kintsugi Bowl, The Bible, And A Giveaway
I don’t remember the first time I learned about the Japanese art of kintsugi, but I do know I immediately fell in love both with its inherent beautiful and the philosophy that undergirds that beauty.
Put simply, kintsugi is the tradition of repairing broken bowls, cups, plates, and the like with gold. But there’s more to it than that. Kintsugi is about not trying to hide imperfections. But not just not hide them, kintsugi applies the most precious of metals to those imperfections to transform them into something beautiful.
I love kintsugi as an art form.
I love it as a philosophy.
And I love it as a metaphor for the Bible.
The Bible isn’t perfect. Neither were the people that wrote it. And the Bible doesn’t make much of an effort to cover that fact up. If anything it highlights those imperfections and turns them into something beautiful.
The Bible is the story of the people of God and the story of those people is anything but flattering. It’s a story of murderers and adulterers, prostitutes and tyrannical kings, terrorists and thieves, outcasts and the obscure and how God meets them all with grace and forgiveness, hope and promise wherever they are.
It’s a story that quite easily could have been covered up, made to look perfect during composition to hide embarrassing secrets and dirty laundry. But the writers of the Bible chose not to do that. Instead of hiding the imperfections in the story of the people of God, the biblical writers transformed them into something beautiful: good news.
But even that process wasn’t perfect because its artisans weren’t perfect.
And that’s ok.
In fact, there’s beauty to be found in that story of imperfection too and as you probably already know, it’s the focus of my new book Godbreathed.
But what you may not know is I sent everyone who endorsed my book a kintsugi bowl as a gift to say thank you and a perpetual reminder of the beauty that can be found in imperfection.
I want to offer you that same reminder. That same thank you.
So I’m doing a giveaway.
As you can see from the picture above, not only am I giving away a kintsugi bowl, I’m sending it out with the exact same thank you package I sent my book endorsers which also includes stickers and a signed copy of Godbreathed. Actually, you’re getting more than they did cause I’m throwing in a signed copy of my first book, Unraptured too!
All you need to do to enter is send me proof you’ve purchased a copy of Godbreathed.
It can be a picture of you holding the book or a screenshot of your purchase receipt. Either way, send your proof to GodbreathedGiveaway@gmail.com with your name in the subject line AND share the link to this giveaway somewhere on social media making sure to tag me so I know to count your entry.
I’ll pull a name out of a hat and announce the winner on Monday, June 5th.
Which means you’ve got till midnight on Sunday, June 4th to enter.
And I know what you’re thinking: if I’m sending you a copy of Godbreathed but you have to have already purchased one to enter what do you do with your old copy? Give it to a friend! Or have it dipped in bronze and turn it into a paperweight. Totally up to you.
Either way, the contest is officially open.
Good luck!