About the Book

Book: My Maker And Me

Author: Pat Domangue

Genre: Christian Living/Bible Study

Release Date: July 22, 2025

A six-week guided Bible study based on Isaiah 64:8, My Maker & Me helps Christian women discover God as their potter and understand His continual presence in their lives.

Through the unique perspective of viewing God and themselves through Scripture and the art of pottery, Christian women will learn how God intimately works to shape them into the beautiful vessels He created them to become, much like a potter shapes clay.

Many Christian women struggle with trusting God because they don’t know Him from the intimate perspective of their potter. My Maker & Me helps women grow in understanding God’s love and care for them especially when they face difficult seasons or walk through fiery trials. As their trust grows, they will also find security, purpose, and meaning even in the most difficult seasons of life. If they are struggling with who they are and discovering their purpose, they will gain a greater sense of their true identity and purpose, setting them up to embrace God’s plan for their life. Women committed to completing this six-week study will experience spiritual growth and personal transformation.

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Author Interview

1. Why did you choose to write about this particular topic?
I chose to write about this topic because seeing a potter work with clay opened my eyes
to a side of God’s character I had never fully understood. Watching the potter’s
hands—intentional, steady, and constantly shaping—helped me see the biblical truth
that God works the same way in our lives. I wanted to understand that picture more
deeply, so I took the potter’s class, learned the process myself, and studied the
Scriptures that describe God as our Potter.
As a Bible study author and teacher to women, I knew women needed this message. So
many of us struggle with our identity and value, and we fear our hardships may mean
God displeasure or distance. However, through this journey, I began to see God’s
shaping us with intentionality, always loving, and always purposeful—even in fiery trials.

2. What is your writing area like?
I have a lovely home office with bookshelves filled with biblical commentaries, study
tools from seminary, and all the resources I’ve gathered over years of writing Bible
studies for women. A tall window overlooks my front yard, and the natural light makes it
a peaceful place to work and pray.
I tend to be pretty neat and function best with minimal clutter—until I’m deep into
research and writing. Then the books, notes, and study materials slowly begin to take
over my desk and the floor around me. I’ve learned not to fight it. Sometimes I’ll leave
everything spread out for a week or two because I’m so immersed in the writing that
moving anything feels like it might disrupt the flow or break my train of thought.
Once I reach a natural stopping point; I finish a message, a chapter, or a major section,
I gather all the books, stack the papers, return everything to the shelves, and start fresh.
That cycle repeats itself throughout every writing project: peaceful order, creative chaos,
and then order again. That seems to be my writing rhythm.

3. How do you balance writing time with other things?
I balance writing time by structuring my days around when I’m most creative. I have
specific days and set hours for writing, and I almost never do serious writing in the
afternoon. I am an early morning riser so I start my day with coffee and Jesus.
Afterwards, I write until I stop for lunch around 1 p.m. On rare occasions, when I’m deep
in a project and sleep eludes me, I’ll use those quiet night hours to finish what needs to
be done.
Afternoons are reserved for everything that doesn’t require the same level of
concentration—editing podcasts, handling ministry tasks, doing laundry, or cooking. By
then, I’m usually ready for a mental break anyway. Some afternoons I get to pick up my
grandchildren from school and enjoy time with them.
Evenings are for my husband and for rest. When he gets home from work, I shut
everything down so we can spend time together. We both enjoy exercising, so two or
three evenings a week we head to the gym and unwind before settling in for the night.

4. What types of research do you do?
As a Bible study author and teacher, most of my research centers on Scripture itself. I
spend a great deal of time in biblical commentaries, word studies, and the original
languages to ensure that what I teach is accurate and biblically sound.
My Maker and Me was the first study that took me outside of my office and into a hands-
on learning environment. I attended a pottery class so I could understand the full
process and art of pottery making—from preparing the clay to shaping, trimming, and
firing. That experience brought the biblical imagery of God as our Potter to life in a
powerful and unforgettable way.
It was a unique and meaningful research season, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I
hope future writing projects will offer similarly creative opportunities to learn and
explore.

5. Was there anything you found particularly interesting while researching?
One of the most interesting discoveries came from learning the art of pottery firsthand.
For the first time, my research took me outside of my office and beyond commentaries
into a highly active and creative environment. This was the first time my research was
an experience. Stepping into the potter’s studio brought the biblical imagery of God as
our Potter to life in a way I never expected.
As I watched and listened to the potter talk about the clay and handle it, I couldn’t help
but see God working with us. He explained the different types of clay and their unique
traits and characteristics. Even before the clay was shaped, still resting in the potter’s
hands—there was already a clear connection between the potter and the clay. He
valued that lump of shapeless clay.
Then the work began. He softened the clay and prepared it for shaping. I will never
forget that first day of class, watching the potter slam the softened clay onto the wheel
and then use great strength to center it before forming his creation. The clay was
squeezed, pressed, and stretched—each motion requiring the perfect balance of sheer
strength and careful gentleness to ensure the clay became exactly what he intended.
And every time I watched him do it, the same thing happened: a beautiful vessel
emerged from what began as a simple lump of clay.

About the Author

A resident of West Monroe, Louisiana, Pat Domangue has spent the past twenty years in women’s ministry inspiring and igniting a passion for Jesus through writing and teaching Bible studies for women. Pat has an advanced certification in Women’s Ministry, a bachelor’s degree in Christian Ministries through New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and a master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Trinity Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. She has published four Bible studies for women: Quest for Wholeness: Healing The Broken; Equipped & Empowered: Preparing Women for Spiritual Battle; DIG: Digging Into God’s Word, a how-to guide for studying the Bible; and her latest, My Maker and Me: A Six-Week Bible Study of Becoming God’s Beautiful Vessel. Pat has also produced and hosted a Christian women’s television program and radio shows, and she currently hosts H.E.R. Podcast, bringing healing and encouragement to women in real life.

More from Pat

My Maker and Me: A Six-Week Bible Study of Becoming God’s Beautiful Vessel

Have you ever watched a potter at work? Strong hands caress and move the clay, shaping it as it spins on the wheel. The potter leans close, eyes focused, applying just the right pressure to bring something beautiful to life.

That’s where my writing journey began — watching my first pottery demonstration and hearing the potter share the treasures he had discovered about God at that wheel. God had revealed Himself through the art and process of pottery, opening the potter’s eyes to see His intimate work in his life and the great value God saw in him.

As I listened, something stirred deep inside me. I wanted to know God like that — intimately, personally, as the Potter who shapes and molds my life. Within days, I was sitting in the potter’s class, craving to experience God in that same way. The potter guided us through every stage of creating pottery — from dry clay, to shaping damp clay on the wheel, to firing and glazing.

Each week, I carried what I learned from class into prayer, asking God to reveal Himself and show me how Scripture mirrors the process. Just as the potter shapes the clay, God shapes us into His beautiful vessels — molding us through seasons of pressure, waiting, and refining.

My Maker and Me was born from the revelation of Isaiah 64:8:

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.”

Through this study, women will discover the heart of the Master Potter who is intimately at work in their lives—shaping, refining, and transforming them into the vessels He created them to be.

A Season of Waiting and Shaping

One of my favorite sections of the study is Week 4: The Master’s Design. It explores how God uses waiting seasons not as wasted time, but as sacred shaping time. Even in the waiting, God is still working—molding and strengthening us to become His beautiful vessels.

Much like a potter allows the clay to rest before the next stage of forming, God allows us moments of stillness to prepare us for His next move. In those seasons, even when we can’t see or feel His presence, He is working—always with intention and love.

Writing this study wasn’t easy. God allowed me to live many of the lessons He was teaching me. I had my own moments of testing, trial, and surrender. Yet in every challenge, He revealed His faithfulness and assured me of His nearness.

An Invitation to the Journey

My prayer for My Maker and Me is that women everywhere will experience what I did—a deeper awareness of God’s hand at work in their lives. Whether you’re in a season of stretching, refining, or resting, I believe this study will help you see how the Potter is crafting something beautiful in you.

Come join me on this journey of becoming God’s beautiful vessel.