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When a friend's spiritual transformation changes group dynamics

Three of us from college have stayed close for fifteen years but now one friend has gotten deeply into a spiritual path that the rest of us don't understand and every conversation feels like we're walking on eggshells. She talks about everything differently now and we're losing the friend we knew while feeling guilty for not being more supportive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Friendship confronts the reality that authentic spiritual growth in one person can threaten the intimacy that once bound people together.

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