The Church Bends But Doesn’t Break

The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica rising against a blue sky, seen from the Vatican Gardens.

I was 21 years old and having a religious existential crisis. I’d become convinced of the evil of abortion and dedicated myself to the pro-life movement. But I had a problem: I was a United Methodist, and the United Methodist Church was “pro-choice.” Sure, it couched its support of abortion in Christian language, but ultimately this church I belonged to believed it was moral to kill unborn…

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