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When religious authority conflicts with personal spiritual experience

I feel closest to God when I'm gardening but my pastor says that's not real worship and I should focus on Scripture and prayer instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Authentic encounters with the divine are being invalidated by institutional definitions of proper spiritual practice.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The sacred in everyday life?”

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