Brokenness, renewal, and restoration : God's master story

Karen Cuthbertson

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Brokenness, renewal, and restoration : God's master story

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Karen Cuthbertson. Brokenness, Renewal, and Restoration : God's Master Story. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8444afbb-5f4c-4b2f-8fba-5e80abb0ab44.

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K. Cuthbertson. Brokenness, renewal, and restoration : God's master story. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8444afbb-5f4c-4b2f-8fba-5e80abb0ab44

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Karen Cuthbertson. Brokenness, Renewal, and Restoration : God's Master Story. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8444afbb-5f4c-4b2f-8fba-5e80abb0ab44.

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Karen Cuthbertson

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Abstract

I am passionate about the concept of “home.” In fact, as a child, I spent much of my spare time outside in the garden where I created homes using bed sheets, clothes horses, and pegs. I loved creating spaces where I felt comfortable, safe, and able to invite friends to visit. As an adult, finding a true sense of home in this life through being transformed, renewed, and restored is my goal, and furthermore, to accept God’s invitation to participate in His Master Story of renewal and restoration in order to bring others home, too.The journey of transformation is to be understood as something sublime and beautiful, fulfilling Jesus’ words that He has “come that you might have life to the full” (John 10:10). However, this journey can be particularly bumpy for those of us whose sense of home has been broken.In this thesis I pursue answers to the questions: i) How do we find a true sense of home in this life? and ii) How do we continue to live when we are there? Then, through finding answers to these questions, I pursue the answer to my research question, iii) How do we create a sense of home from home for ourselves and for others in our Christian family/community/church?The journey of transformation, the solution to the problem of brokenness, may be bumpy yet it is worth it, because it is our journey home. Home is where we are comfortable, safe, and able to invite friends and family to visit. We cannot journey alone, nor are we expected to do so. For this we cry out, “Come, Holy Spirit!”

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