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The Unfolding

Page 206: Elizabeth Moore: Navigating Doubt and the Power of Honest Prayers

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Sometimes seasons of doubt can come unexpectedly When Elizabeth Moore followed her dream to New York, she found herself surrounded by people who didn't believe what she had always believed and some who were antagonistic toward God. She began struggling under the weight of questions and doubts. She could never have imagined that she would emerge from this season more certain of her faith and grateful for the struggle Elizabeth is the co-author of Liturgies for Hope and Liturgies for Wholeness, books of honest prayers and scripture to help you through the highs and lows of life. 

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Page 206 of the unfolding is the story of Elizabeth Moore.

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It was so scary for me because I'm like, I don't want to say what I'm thinking and feeling.

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Like, God, are you real?

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Me praying right now, is anyone hearing this?

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God, I want to believe what's true.

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I feel like if I give voice to these dark, scary thoughts, that I could lose everything.

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God's story has been unfolding.

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Since the beginning of time.

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He invites you to be a part of it.

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Another page in the unfolding.

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Hi, this is Meredith Foster. Do you ever have doubts about your faith? I think we all

0:41.4

do at some point, but we're not always comfortable admitting that. Elizabeth Moore had grown up in a

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wonderful Christian community, a place where her faith had taken root and grown. It seemed like

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everybody she knew had the same faith that she did, and she never really

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struggled with doubt. After college, she pursued her dream of a career in publishing, and she moved to

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New York City, and for the first time, she was surrounded by people who didn't believe in the way

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that she did, and in fact, some who were antagonistic toward faith

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in God. It led to a season of hard questions, doubts, and fears about the faith that she'd

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always relied on.

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I currently live in New York City, but I was raised in Ruston, Louisiana, a small town

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in North Louisiana. I loved being raised in Reston, Louisiana, a small town in North Louisiana. I loved being raised in

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Reston. It was a beautiful community with the church that I grew up going to. My parents actually

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