We live in a broken world. The contemporary Jewish prophet, Robert Zimmerman, once detailed the list of things that were broken. Everything Is Broken, he said.

Broken bottles, broken plates,
broken switches, broken gates.
Broken dishes, broken parts,
streets are filled with broken hearts.
Broken words, never meant to be spoken,
everything is broken.

Broken bodies, broken bones,
broken voices on broken phones.
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin',
everything is broken.

Broken treaties, broken vows,
broken hands on broken plows.
Broken pipes, broken tools,
people bending broken rules.
Everything is broken.

Bob Dylan sang those words on an album appropriately entitled, O Mercy! We live in a broken society which exists in a broken world, which is part of the broken human condition. The bad news is that everything is broken. Lord have mercy!