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You belong here
Originally appeared online in the teen series: Upfront - May 31, 2022
I think I was wearing jeans and a sweater that day. What I do remember for sure is that it was cold outside, I had two miles to walk after I got off the subway, and it never even crossed my mind that jeans would be the wrong thing to wear. But when I got to church, one of the members gave me the side eye.
“Jeans at church?” she asked, raising an eyebrow.
I hadn’t been a member of that church for very long. I was fresh out of college, enthusiastic about being of service, and church had seemed like the perfect avenue for my prayers and energies. But that moment put me off. Suddenly, I found myself wondering if I really belonged.
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October 10, 2022 issue
View IssueEditorial
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Out of helplessness into hope
Ethel A. Baker
Keeping Watch
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From obsessive hatred to a healing love
José de Dios Mata
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From dyslexia to freedom as a church Reader
Alice Chedister Ellis
Image and Inspiration
Keeping Watch
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The benefits of metaphysical healing
Evan Mehlenbacher
Teens
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You belong here
Jenny Sawyer
Healings
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Whooping cough quickly healed
Nancy Robison
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From sickness to health in an instant
Andrea McCormick
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Hearing restored
Laura Remmerde
Bible Lens
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Doctrine of Atonement
October 10–16, 2022
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
John McCaskie, Dawn Rehnstrom, Carole Long