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The Problem With Calling Everything a ‘Spiritual Battle’

The Problem With Calling Everything a ‘Spiritual Battle’

Monday, February 23, 2026
I was 22 and crying in my car in a church parking lot when my small group leader called. I’d been in the same spiral for three weeks—couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat, kept replaying the same conversation in my head. I told her everything. She listened patiently, asked a few questions, and then said something I’ve…