In the Netherlands a group of fashion designers offer a ldquo Golden Joinery rdquo workshop Inspired by the Japanese technique Kintsugi where broken porcelain is visibly repaired with gold participants collaborate in mending clothes in ways that highlight the mending work rather than trying to mask it Those who are invited bring ldquo a dear but broken garment and mend it with gold rdquo As they remake their clothes the repair becomes ornament a ldquo golden scar rdquo Articles of clothing are transformed in ways that highlight the places where they were torn or frayed Perhaps this is something like [... more]

ldquo That rsquo s all it takes rdquo Megan said She had clipped a stem from her geranium plant dipped the cut end into honey and stuck it into a pot filled with compost Megan was teaching me how to propagate geraniums how to turn one healthy plant into many plants so she would have flowers to share with others The honey she said was to help the young plant establish roots Watching her work I wondered what kinds of things help us establish spiritual roots What helps us mature into strong flourishing people of faith What keeps us from [... more]

More than a million young people take part in The International Letter Writing Competition each year In the theme of the competition was ldquo Imagine you are a letter traveling through time What message do you want to convey to your readers rdquo nbsp In the Bible we have a collection of letters that mdash thanks to the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit mdash have made their way through time to us As the Christian church grew Jesus rsquo s disciples wrote to churches across Europe and Asia Minor to help the people understand their new life in [... more]