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Forgive and Forget? Girl, I Can’t Even Forget the Potluck Trauma.

Forgive and Forget? Girl, I Can’t Even Forget the Potluck Trauma.

Yes, church hurt is a faithquake—but you can rebuild, and you can be the scaffolding someone else needs, too.

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Apr 01, 2025
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Let’s talk about it. The thing that makes people flinch just hearing the phrase: church hurt.

Not “someone cut me off in the church parking lot” hurt. I’m talking about the kind that leaves a bruise on your soul. The kind that makes you question if this whole “Body of Christ” thing is just a holy cover for dysfunction. The kind that makes you wonder if y…

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