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Day: December 9, 2025

“Praise Through the Pain” — Why I Wrote a Novel About Church Hurt

Posted on December 9, 2025November 21, 2025 by DT Powell

A guest post from N. Y. Dunlap For most of my life, I had no idea what church hurt truly was. I’d heard the phrase, but it had never touched me personally. I hadn’t endured it. I didn’t know the ache of walking into a sanctuary full of hope and walking out wounded. Before writing Praise…

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