Sometimes ordinary things, like making pots out of scraps, give us a window into the nature of God and the mission that God has given us in our world. A concussion and a thyroid disorder caused by an automobile accident left the author scattered, forgetful, depressed, angry, impulsive, moody, lethargic, lacking in self esteem, and unable to work as a pastoral counselor for days or weeks at a time.

Months after the accident, she writes that she was still a scrap of a person who needed redeeming and describes how her endocrinologist, recognizing that medicine was inadequate to address her suffering, encouraged that she take up a hobby.

This is a personal reflection of a journey of redeeming herself through working with pottery.

"It became a theological challenge to me to make bowls and free form pieces from these scraps. It was my job to redeem these scraps. I consciously knew that I was still a scrap of a person and I thought of so many other scraps of persons whom I had been with as a chaplain and pastoral counselor."