Such a good idea, the family.
Generations supporting each other,
the network of love binding us together,
stronger than any genetic tie.
How can such a good idea fall so flat?
Here’s the damage:
broken trust
broken vows
broken feelings
broken futures.
We are all broken up about it.
We know, God, that you can break into our lives
–we’ve let everything else break in.
And so this is a prayer
from the broken hearted:
take all the little bits and bind them together
find every chip, fill every fracture
–we long for the mended family.
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.