Our prayer group used to feel like sanctuary but lately it's become the place where we perform being okay instead of actually seeking together, and I can see the same exhaustion in other people's faces. We're all protecting each other from our real questions and doubts, which means we're not really praying anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
The very space meant for vulnerability can become a theater of spiritual correctness when people fear their authentic struggles will threaten the group's stability.
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