This Is My Body -Op/111

by Marjory Zoet Bankson

POTTERY LEADING US TO PARABLES AND METAPHORS, TAKING THE POTTER'S WHEEL INTO THE SACRED SPACE AND SPEAKS FROM IT. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931055946
• ISBN13: 9780931055942
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Innisfree Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Potter's Devotional

If you know a potter, this is an excellent gift. Expertly weaves spiritual insight with the practice of the craft.

In the Potter's Hands...

Marjory Bankson's experience as a potter has given her great insight into the imagery of God as the potter. She takes the reader through each step in the process of forming a lump of clay into a useable pot. But this is not a book about how to become a potter; it is a book about how to become a pot!Each step that the Potter takes, from kneading, centering, shaping, firing, glazing... each one is a step in the process of forming each of us into the unique individuals God wants us to be. Marjory Bankson explains what it means to be that lump of clay, to need to be kneaded, to have those hard resisting spots gently smoothed out by the Creator. I have seen her demonstrate with her potting wheel what happens when the clay is NOT centered... if we are not grounded careful our lives DO go "flying off the wheel."And how can the Potter shape a pot unless the clay gives Him an opening? The potter must get inside the clay, exerting inward and outward pressure, forming the life and personality of the pot.Through each stage, Marjory Bankson explains not just the Potter's role, but the soul work that acoompanies it, using examples from her own life to clearly illustrate the meaning. If you ever wondered what it means to be the clay in the Potter's hands, this book is for you!