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Melissa Parks's avatar

With the looming election, I appreciate the "everything is not a crusade". I cannot hold space for the ongoing hot takes and manufactured drama of the American political system. It's just too much. 2016 forward took me out. My family was crushed and divided. I finally had to step back, delete social media accounts and protect myself from the perpetual outrage.

I'm better but I'm not the same person. I'm happy about that in some ways but lamenting in others. I try to focus on the small beauties around me (thanks to your ongoing encouragement to look up and look around).

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Becky's avatar

“trying to discern what I do or don’t have to offer a faith community that doesn’t want to grapple with its own sickness.” Same, sister. Same. After 20 years of attending the same church, I find myself chafing where I was once comfortable. I’m the one who has changed, and I no longer fit there. Trying to figure out what that means and where I am called to be, and to what purpose.

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