Why “broken bole”…?

welcome to broken bole…

i have been searching for a name that described my life and my heart in returning to blogging.

“broken” has always been a word that described my life and what i felt. for so long, broken was only a negative word for me though. it is no longer…

broken: is so much more about a life of understanding where i have come from and why i have a future. i am a broken man who has been given immense grace to by God. My brokenness is not irreparable, i know who i am in Christ – but also know where i have come and how much i’ve messed up too. brokenness is so hopeful and humbling to me.

“bole” has many meanings, but the one i latched onto was it means “clay”. clay can come in all forms – from a hard finished product (that is breakable) to a moldable slab of putty that the artist can shape and change to fit the artists plan of what it should be.

bole: yeah, i could have just said clay or putty and not try to be catchy by using “broken bole”… but i liked how it sounded and with it meaning clay, i was hooked! i am using it in the way of a moldable piece of clay/putty. i continue to hope that out of my brokenness, that God will continue to shape me and mold me.

so this is it, from “cracked round peg” (a blog about not fitting in and wanting to be different and express frustrations with life and the local church as i saw it) to “broken bole” (hopefully a blog that is more hopeful, but is so aware of the grace and love i have received… undeserved).