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Christine Caine Refuses to Let Church Hurt Have the Final Word

Most people can point to a moment when something they trusted broke. Not theoretically. Personally. Something that was supposed to be steady failed under pressure. A relationship changed. A leader disappointed. A community proved less safe than it claimed to be. Those moments don’t just reshape how we see others. They quietly recalibrate how much of ourselves we’re willing to risk next time.Faith isn’t immune to that kind of fracture. For some people, it erodes slowly, through small compromises