Plastic and Red Hot: A Collection of Devotional Work
Julian Lynn
Copyright 2010, Julian Lynn
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Preface
I saw it in the art department. It was one of the miracles there—broken, injured people creating beauty. There was so much glory, a piece of God in every one of those souls. On good days, it made it possible to forgive them and myself for our many shortcomings—posturing, jostling for position and power and all of the other deceptions we engaged in—both within ourselves and toward others.
As a child, I was untutored in the meditative possibilities in chores. Not knowing how to uncover or articulate the desires of my heart, I found myself growing angrier with the addition of each new responsibility. As an adult, I was mapless, opening and closing an endless series of doors on scenes and situations that I would rather not have experienced at all. Who was I? Where was I going?