"I believe in God the potter almighty, maker of heaven and earth." That's the beginning of The Apostles' Creed, as Jeremiah might have written it: I believe in God who has created heaven and earth, and you, and me, like a potter at work at a potter's wheel.

That's a biblical image that still makes sense for you and me. At craft shows, in art classes, in hobby shops, you can still find a potter's wheel. And you can take classes in making pottery. If you do, you'll find that these days the potter's wheel has an electric motor, with variable speeds and is run by electricity. In Jeremiah's day the potter's wheel was made of stone and run by foot power. A small stone, on which the pot was made, was connected to a lower, larger stone that the potter turned with his feet. The potter literally ha…