If you've been through it, you were amazed how much it hurt.
If you've not been through it, you've been amazed how much it hurt.
Church hurt is real and it's time we acknowledge it. Better than we've done in the past. It isn't limited to well publized sexual abuse but includes all manner of human sin, from the effects of pride and selfishness, to judgment and hypocrisy, and the list goes on.
Do a Google search on the topic and you'll find the former. Pages and pages of it.
But there is so much more there and it all keeps people away from the One who came to save us from it!
It's unfortunate Jesus is sometimes evaluated through what humans have done and continue to do.
We need to do better.
And we need each other to do it.
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Chrystal Gilkey is the author of the bestseller mystery romance novel, A Wisp of Faith, which addresses this issue. She is a speaker, coach and educator who is passionate about encouraging others in their walk with God--and their writing about it. Her first novel, A Wisp of Faith, ranked number five in Amazon’s new releases and made the top 100 bestseller list in Contemporary Christian Fiction. She has written a Bible study course on overcoming church hurt and had multiple articles published for the online magazine, Faith on Every Corner. Chrystal currently teaches at Yocum Elementary in El Dorado, Arkansas and is an author coach for Author Academy Elite. Chrystal enjoys playing the piano and gardening. One day, she dreams of owning a pet minipig!
Reach out to Chrystal at:
https://www.chrystaljgilkey.com
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J.M. Huxley (Janet Huxley) is an award-winning author and broadcast news anchor. Currently, she is a morning news anchor for conservative radio; formerly, an airborne traffic and news reporter and the operations director for the San Diego and Kansas City offices of Westwood One’s Metro Networks.
Her memoir, Milk and Honey Land: A Story of Grief, Grace, and Goats won the 2019 Author Academy Award for Best Memoir, and the 2021 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Christian - Non-Fiction genre. Her children’s book, Rainbow Land , encouraging children to see God in the rainbow, was a top ten finalist in the 2020 Author Elite Award contest.
https://jmhuxley.com
J.M. Huxley (Janet Huxley) is an award-winning author and broadcast news anchor. Currently, she is a morning news anchor for conservative radio; formerly, an airborne traffic and news reporter and the operations director for the San Diego and Kansas City offices of Westwood One’s Metro Networks. Her memoir, MILK AND HONEY LAND: A Story of Grief, Grace, and Goats , won the 2019 Author Academy Award for Best Memoir, and the 2021 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Christian - Non-Fiction genre. Her children’s book, RAINBOW LAND , encourages children to see God in the rainbow.
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