“Brokenness” can often function as little more than a buzzword on the Calvin campus, a neat category for the hurt and pain in our world. But in David Ellens’ new play, “This Is My Body: Stories...

The words are so familiar to us: “This is my body, broken for you,” says the pastor, the priest or the friendly elder handing us a piece of bread. “This is the blood of Christ, shed for you,” they...