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Why chronic illness can shake religious foundations

I stopped going to church after my diagnosis and now my pain seems worse, but I cannot tell if I miss God or just miss feeling held by something bigger than myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical suffering challenges the coherence between embodied faith and the promise of divine care.

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