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When faith communities struggle with political divisions affecting spiritual connection

Our small group has been meeting for prayer and study for three years, and now one person's political views have become so prominent in every discussion that the rest of us don't know how to address it without destroying the friendship. We're all avoiding the deeper spiritual conversations we used to have because we're afraid of where they'll lead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The sacred container of shared seeking is being fractured by the inability to hold difference without abandoning intimacy.

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