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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Brokenness.

  • The Statue of Liberty, as seen from behind and from the waist up, against a grey sky.
    Day Zero

    Julie Fanselow

    From Braver/Wiser
    Uncertain as the world feels right now, love will bear whatever lies ahead.
  • Two people inside an airport terminal wave at an airplane.
    Goodbyes Are Hard

    Lauren Robbins

    From WorshipWeb
    It’s important to honor the footprint others leave on our heart.
  • three houses in silhouette on a hill at night, windows lit and stars above
    Parenting with Heartbreak

    Rayla D. Mattson

    From LeaderLab
    In a pandemic, amid outcry over police murders of black people, how can a mother address the gravity of these traumas without sending children into despair
  • three houses in silhouette on a hill at night, windows lit and stars above
    Parenting with Heartbreak

    Rayla D. Mattson

    From Call and Response
    In a pandemic, amid outcry over police murders of Black people, how can a mother address the gravity of these traumas without sending children into despair
  • A hand holding a fork under a running kitchen tap.
    A Prayer for Salvation

    Peregrine Morkal-Williams

    From WorshipWeb
    Here I am, God, here I am. Here I am with the dishes in the sink, the dust on the shelves, the skin on my hands which is drying out and starting to crack.
  • Several people standing with their arms around each other, photo taken from behind, so that the composition is a tangle of backs and arms.
    The Absence of an Empathetic Witness

    Peter A. Levine

    From WorshipWeb
    “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”...
  • A heart carved into the trunk of a tree, colored in red.
    So Much Held in a Heart

    Brian Doyle

    From WorshipWeb
    So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one, in the end—not mother and...
  • A silhouette of two people reaching out their hands to each other.
    Assisted Living Devices

    Elea Kemler

    From Braver/Wiser
    A lot of us feel like our lives should have come with instructions. Or maybe they did, but we lost the only copy a long time ago.
  • A close-up of green strips of broken glass, as if petals of a flower.
    From Broken Parts, Whole

    Karen G. Johnston

    From Braver/Wiser
    Surround yourself with skillful teachers. Let them teach you, but don't let them do it for you. That learning is yours to do.
  • A mother bear with three bear cubs, on a river bank.
    Crisis and Opportunity

    Tomo Hillbo

    From Braver/Wiser
    The crisis was an opportunity. I learned that strength comes from authenticity.