Spirituality

At Cubbington we believe that to talk about spirituality is, essentially, to talk about something which is beyond words.

Spiritual development is the development of an awareness that there is “something more to life than meets the eye, something more than the material, something more than the obvious, something to wonder at, something to respond to.” Terence Copley

OWS, WOWS, and NOWS!

Christians believe that everyone is a valued creation, individually and uniquely made by God, like pots made by a potter.

‘We are the clay, and you are the potter; we are all the work of Your hands' Isaiah 64:8

Yet, in life things happen that impact on the physical ‘pot’ of life and create cracks that provide a glimpse of something ‘beyond’ the tangible. Christians would view this as an opportunity to relate to the Divine Creator God.

Cracks may be caused when something so good and breathtaking happens that the pot expands and cracks – the wows of life.

Cracks may happen when something challenging happens and threatens the comfort of everyday – the ows of life.

Cracks can also happen in the stillness and ordinariness of everyday, when a moment of stillness, a pause or prayer creates a crack in the normal, physical every day – the nows of life.

In these special moments there is a spiritual opportunity.

Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with golden joinery or glue, creates something that has been broken into something even more beautiful.

Using this metaphor, the wows, ows and nows of life offer the possibility of cracks that are filled with gold and make the pot even more beautiful.

We help each other to recognise these moments in life and to reflect on events that make us who we are. 

Everyone one will respond differently to wow, ow and now moments, therefore making each crack unique to us as individuals.