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When faith community study groups become sources of division rather than growth

Our church book club has been reading something that's challenging everyone's assumptions and the discussions are getting heated in ways that feel personal and hurtful rather than illuminating. People are starting to skip meetings and I can feel us fracturing over ideas when we used to be a source of support for each other.

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A group seeking deeper understanding through shared inquiry discovers that intellectual exploration can threaten the very bonds that brought them together.

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