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I'm currently reading a book which proposes a Theology of Making - that we understand God more deeply when we make things.
I'd love to hear if this is true in your experience. Do you learn more about God when you make or create things? And if so, in what way?
Claire.
I'd love to hear if this is true in your experience. Do you learn more about God when you make or create things? And if so, in what way?
Claire.
For those who are curious, the book is Art + Faith: A Theology of Making, by @iamfujimura. I'm 3 chapters in and I enthusiastically recommend it so far.
I know that by carefully mending much loved clothes, I have come to a deeper sense of how God might view us, as people, when we are damaged by life and in need of mending.
When I mend I pay great attention to the detail of the piece of clothing, I spend time with it, coming to understand what it needs. Once I have mended an item, I love it more than ever, I feel a deeper fondness for it, because of the time and care I put into it.
By deciding to mend something, I am already saying "This has great value", it is worthy of time and skill and materials.
If I can put so much time and emotion (love, even) into a simple mend to a much loved red wooly cardigan, how much more must God care about mending us, his much loved children?
So my instinct says, yes, we learn about God when we make/mend/ create. How about you?
