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Sarah Styf's avatar

This is so good, and why I stay, even when it hurts. And it's not easy.

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Tom Read's avatar

Katelyn, I'm constantly amazed at how similar our stories seem to be. Your book echoed so many thoughts I've been wrestling with these last few years, and this is yet another article that completely resonates with me. I'm fortunate enough to have been part of relatively healthy churches with healthy and loving leaders, and even then it's sometimes a struggle for me to want to stay planted in the church. I can only imagine how hard it is for those who have suffered serious spiritual church abuse to even contemplate showing up to church each week. As to your 4th point about being called to reform from within, that is also where I currently find myself, and in the US of all places (I'm not American). Thanks once again for using your voice to speak into an institution that so desperately needs to hear the things you are saying.

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