Brokenness

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  • A metal basket, on a piece of cloth, holds a loaf of bread.
    Thanksgrieving Bread Communion
    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
    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.
  • A large wave crashes against a metal structure, with icebergs in the distance
    The Storm
    From Braver/Wiser
    Emotional tempests aren’t always easy to weather, but the flatness of life without such currents is the slow silence of drowning.
  • In a dark room, a circle of blurred people holding hands while also holding candles.
    Pastoral Prayer for Sexual Abuse Survivors
    From WorshipWeb
    It has been a difficult week in the news, and as always, we have silent personal struggles in the midst of everything else. And so I invite you into a...
  • Several people standing with their arms around each other, photo taken from behind, so that the composition is a tangle of backs and arms.
    Prayer for Holidays with Families
    From WorshipWeb
    In the days ahead, many of us will gather with family and friends, people with whom we may have long and complicated relationships. It helps to prepare.
  • At Some Time
    From WorshipWeb
    We all take part in this ancient play. At some time. There is no other way. At some time… Thieves, guilty of poor choices caught red-handed in our human...
  • Sunlight streams through a rounded window.
    The Bright Thread of Hope
    From WorshipWeb
    There is too much beauty in this world to give up on it yet, and it is always too soon to surrender to cynicism.
  • A large gray rock is cracked down the middle, where many small colorful stones are caught
    Our Shared Brokenness Connects Us
    From WorshipWeb
    “We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not...
  • On a church chancel, children dressed as sheep and cows kneel during a Christmas pageant
    Messy, Wildly Imperfect Love
    From Braver/Wiser
    Every year, I tell the congregation not to worry about mistakes because there aren’t any; there is only us, telling an old story about love getting born into this aching world.
  • A white dinner plate is criss-crossed by seams of molten gold, in the tradition of kintsugi
    The Promise and the Practice: Repairing Our Mistakes with Love (Time for All Ages)
    From WorshipWeb
    This message for all ages involves two people, one of whom will need to bring forward a broken mug, plate, or bowl....