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How to navigate religious differences in interfaith spiritual groups

Our meditation group has been meeting for two years and one member keeps pushing us toward more Christian-specific practices while others want to keep it interfaith and I'm caught in the middle because I invited her and I can feel the group starting to fracture. Everyone's being polite but the energy has shifted and people are starting to skip sessions.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The attempt to create inclusive sacred space can be undermined by the very differences it seeks to honor.

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