2044. Correspondence with Those in Faith Crisis By Richard Eyre · March 17, 2023, from Meridian Magazine
I hope this may help any of you with worries about dear ones losing their faith! I have some of my own children with that problem. Correspondence with Those in Faith Crisis By Richard Eyre · March 17, 2023 Editor’s Note: This is the third of four Meridian articles by Richard Eyre on Faith Crisis in Families. The fourth article will be published later this month. Recently, I have been writing to and speaking with several Church members who say they are having a Faith Crisis; and with parents whose children are losing their faith and leaving the Church. This article combines and condenses these discussions with several different people into one “person.” Jessica “Jessica” is a mom, a wife, a therapist, and describes herself as “a faithful follower who finally examined her beliefs and found she didn’t really believe them.” Her new direction was triggered by a gay friend who she felt was offended and mistreated by the Church. Jessica says, in essence….“while I still love many thing