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When changing churches means losing spiritual experiences

I was raised Pentecostal but I'm gay and I've found a welcoming church but I miss speaking in tongues and I don't know if that's God or just nostalgia.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Moving toward acceptance can require leaving behind transcendent practices, creating loss even within liberation.

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