Being with Brokenness
There is a story in the Jewish tradition about the beginning of the world. I am familiar with Rachel Naomi Remen's telling of the story, as it was told to her by her grandfather. In the beginning, God created the world as light. He placed this light within vessels and sent them out into the world. Somewhere along the way, the vessels broke, scattering this perfect light in all directions. The work of creation, and of humans in particular, is to see this holy light throughout