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BRKN Soul Care

A place where you are seen, heard, and never alone.

SOUL MATTERS — THE BRKN BLOG

  • Simon, Simon

    Topic: Kintsugi and Redemption   —   Key Scripture: Luke 22:31-34 There’s a conversation in Luke 22 that I think only makes sense in light of how long Jesus and Peter had already known each other. “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers”. This is not a passing acquaintance offering a generic warning. This is someone who has spent years with Peter — watched him walk on water and immediately doubt, watched him…

  • The One Left Behind

    Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: Luke 15:4-7 There’s a math problem at the center of Luke 15 that shouldn’t work, and I think that’s exactly the point. Jesus tells a short parable about a shepherd with a hundred sheep. One goes missing, and the shepherd leaves the ninety-nine — in the open country, no less — to go after the one that’s lost, “until he finds it”. No calculation of risk. No acceptance that a 1% loss is a reasonable cost of doing business. He goes. He searches. And when he finds it, he doesn’t scold it…

  • Servant or Son

    Topic: Kintsugi and Redemption   —   Key Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 There are three views of the same person in Luke 15, and the gap between them is where I think this parable does its deepest work. The younger son, having demanded his inheritance early and wasted it completely, finally comes to himself in a pig pen, planning his return speech. His own self-assessment is stark: “I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants”. This is a man who has already convicted himself. He isn’t hoping to be received as a son…

  • Mighty Man, Still Hiding

    Topic: Kintsugi and Redemption   —   Key Scripture: Judges 6-7 There’s a scene in Judges 6 that I think describes identity crisis better than most. Gideon is threshing wheat in a wine press — not on a hilltop where the wind could actually separate the grain from the chaff, but hidden low in a pit, out of sight, because the Midianites have been raiding the land and he’s terrified of being seen. This is a man managing his life entirely around fear. And it’s in that exact posture — hidden, small, defensive — that the angel of the Lord greets him…

  • How the Mighty Have Fallen

    Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: 2 Samuel 1:17-27 There’s a moment in 2 Samuel that I think often move past — and maybe even overlook as a key passage on grief in Scripture. David receives word that Saul and Jonathan have died in battle, and rather than moving quickly toward comfort or resolution, he writes a lament. A real one. “How the mighty have fallen!” he cries, over and over, refusing to tidy up what he’s feeling into something more palatable. He mourns Jonathan specifically, calling their friendship something significant — calling it love — an unflinching…