This new book was released in its preview edition on the first of November, 2009. The global release is scheduled for May 2010. In the meantime, you can read sample chapters and order copies of the preview edition at http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/clay-in-the-potters-hands-preview-edition/5972187
Here's a description of the book:
Most Christians have heard that God is the potter and we are the clay, but Diana Pavlac Glyer, who has spent countless hours at the potter's wheel, shows in this remarkable book that this saying is far more than a casual metaphor. As God hovers over his creation, centering us or shaping us or even restoring us from collapse, he may transform us in ways we never imagined.
Ideal for daily devotions, a personal retreat, a Lenten focus, or a small group study, this little book brings new life to a favorite passage of scripture.
Here's what people are saying about it:
“I thoroughly enjoyed Clay in the Potter’s Hands. Diana Glyer’s descriptions bring the process of creating pottery alive for us. She connects us to the men and women of Bible times for whom watching the potter at work would have been a daily experience. In so doing, she illustrates God’s character and our discipleship in a unique and encouraging way. I recommend this book enthusiastically.” Cynthia Nicholson, Assistant Pastor, Vineyard Church of Evanston, National Women’s Task Force Coordinator, Vineyard USA
"In her book, Diana Glyer provides vivid and captivating imagery that brings delight in being mere clay in the hands of our mighty Creator. Inspiring questions accompany each chapter, culminating in prayers that lead the reader to a humble awe and gratitude for being chosen and crafted into the image of God by the Potter's own hand." Doug Greenman, Executive Pastor, Stanwood Foursquare Church
"You will be challenged and inspired." Joseph Bentz, Award-Winning Author of A Son Comes Home, When God Takes Too Long, and God in Pursuit
"As a fellow potter and someone pretty conversant with scripture, there's not much I didn't already 'know' in this book - and yet it speaks to me PROFOUNDLY. Diana Glyer has captured the heart of the dynamic, of God with His hands working in our lives.This book encourages me when I feel discouraged because it reminds me that God is big and my problems don't overwhelm Him at all-- I can trust Him, walking into the future, that He will take *everything* and turn it to my eternal benefit." Lynn Maudlin, Artist and Singer-songwriter
“I used Diana Glyer’s Clay in the Potter’s Hands for my Ceramics classes. The students loved identifying with well known Biblical stories as they worked at mastering the potter’s wheel." Susan Ney, Artist and Professor, Azusa Pacific University
"Clay in the Potter's Hands is a strong, extended metaphor that takes what is intuitively already a good analogy and makes it all that much more profound. When we hear the Apostle Paul say that we are like clay to God the potter, we hardly realize that each stage of the process of shaping the artisan's work serves as a unique analogue to something that God does in the process of shaping us. Paul must have seen a potter at work and must have realized how good the analogy was. In our modern world of prefab housewares, that analogy could well have been lost, had not Glyer recaptured it for us." James W. Miller, Pastor of Glenkirk Presbyterian Church and Author of God Scent: A Devotional
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