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When personal spiritual experiences don't match religious expectations

I feel closest to God when I'm gardening but my pastor says that's not real worship and I need to be in church.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The sacred often reveals itself outside the boundaries that institutions try to draw around it.

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“Where Are You with What is faith — a cross-traditional definition?”

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