Is it normal to grieve the spiritual closeness we used to share?

Yes. You may be grieving shared prayer, common certainty, imagined futures, family roles, or the feeling that everyone was walking toward God on the same map.

From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.

Where it sits in the book

Part

3: Awakening Inside a Christian Family

Gate

3.1: Feeling Different at Home

In print

Page 85

• ← 3.1.5 · Why do I feel lonely even when I am surrounded by people who love me?
• 3.1.7 → · Why do family conversations about faith now make my body tense?
• All of Part 3

Topics

• Grief

Explore the same vibration

• Why does awakening sometimes feel like losing my faith? · 1.1.2
• Why do I feel both grief and freedom as my beliefs change? · 1.1.8
• How can a community grieve together? · 12.12.7
• Can prayer with my Christian family still be authentic for me? · 3.4.11
• What if one of us breaks down crying? · 3.12.10
• Is there a healthy way through grief? · 6.4.8