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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.

  • Two wooden knitting needles plunged into a ball of thick purple yarn
    Tangled

    Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt

    From WorshipWeb
    Knit six purl six sets of two rows four rows six rows up to twelve, patterns, repeating, steady, soothingly same. This is not what life is like. Life is...
  • A circle of people, from above, with hands extended into the center of a circle.
    Connection as Resistance

    Erika A. Hewitt

    From WorshipWeb
    In her 1975 theological treatise Suffering, German liberation theologian Dorothee Söelle* examines the ways that suffering can knit humans beings closer...
  • Clouds swirl against a blue and orange sky.
    Even When...

    Yuri Yamamoto

    From Braver/Wiser
    As a hospital chaplain, I often listen to painful stories. We call it compassionate presence, but I may be crying inside. When words fail, I pray and sing.
  • A side view of a person, eyes closed, with their hands pressed together and brought to their face, as if in prayer.
    A Prayer for Humility

    Alex Jensen

    From WorshipWeb
    Spirit of Life I find you In those humble places. The quiet, still spaces where I am held in A love greater than myself....
  • A half-dozen people (heads and shoulders) silhouetted against a deep blue sky.
    Companioned Inside Your Grief

    Megan Devine

    From WorshipWeb
    [S]piritual and meditative practices are not meant to erase pain. That's a symptom of our pain-avoidant culture, and not an accurate portrayal of the...
  • A circle of people, from above, with hands extended into the center of a circle.
    You Are Beloved and You Are Welcome Here

    Joan Javier-Duval

    From WorshipWeb
    Voice 1: You are beloved and you are welcome here Voice 2: Whether tears have fallen from your eyes this past week or gleeful laughter has spilled out o...
  • Standing_Rock_Water_is_Life
    Bearing Witness

    Heide Cottam

    From WorshipWeb
    Here’s a quiz about time travel posed by a friend of mine: Suppose you had a time machine but it only went back in time to specific events. If you used...
  • In a crowd at a protest or vigil, a young adult holds a sign saying "Kids are the future not guns"
    In Mourning for the Children

    Douglas Taylor

    From WorshipWeb
    We are broken, O God. We are broken. We gather in vigil again to mourn the death of school children and school teachers....
  • A metal basket, on a piece of cloth, holds a loaf of bread.
    Thanksgrieving Bread Communion

    Sheri Prud'homme

    From WorshipWeb
    Set up for this ritual: It's especially meaningful to have a congregant bake bread for communion. (If that’s not possible, store bought bread will do.)...
  • In a kiln, a red glow of fire holds the shape of a ceramic pot.
    Worthy of Love

    Rebekah Savage

    From Braver/Wiser
    "Die before you die"? With all of the suffering in the world, a teaching that emphasizes the loss and grief of death just didn’t make sense.