BRKN Soul Care

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

BRKN Soul Care

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

SOUL MATTERS — THE BRKN BLOG

  • Peace in the Storm, Not Just After It

    Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 There’s a detail in Mark 4 that I think we skip past too quickly because we already know how the story ends. The disciples are in a boat with Jesus when “a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling”. This isn’t a minor squall. Experienced fishermen, men who knew this particular sea and its moods, are convinced they’re about to die. And Jesus is asleep in the stern, undisturbed by the chaos around Him. They wake Him, half-accusing, half-desperate:…

  • I Will

    Topic: Kintsugi and Redemption   —   Key Scripture: Luke 5:12-13 There’s a two-word answer in Luke 5 that I think carries more weight than many sermons. A man covered with leprosy sees Jesus and falls on his face, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean”. Everything about that sentence reveals how this man understood his situation. He doesn’t ask whether Jesus is able — he seems certain of that. He asks whether Jesus is willing. Because in his world, leprosy didn’t just mean illness. It meant exile. It meant living outside the camp, warning others away from your…

  • 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…