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Haley Baumeister's avatar

Judy, I've appreciated this series of yours. Like most things on social media, the discourse surrounding church trauma/hurt/disorientation often seems flattened into generic soundbites that ultimately seem unfruitful. It really helps to have people like you wrestle the thoughts out in a more productive way, even when you don't have to do that for us. It sure helps to understand one way church can become so complicated. *And I've lived in San Antonio and Atlanta in the past, as well. :)

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Justin Lonas's avatar

Judy, thank you for this (and this whole series). It is incredibly helpful and healing—especially, i imagine, for those of us who grew up in 80's and 90's evangelicalism—to see church brought into the realm of relationship (where pain and joy and breaches and reconciliation are part of the discussion) and out of the realm of pure moral obligation. There is much more to our relationship to the church than simply obeying the command not to forsake gathering together....

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