Dear Jesus, Am I broken enough yet?

Raised in a faith tradition that equated worthiness with brokenness, this reflection traces how church camps and youth group rituals instilled a cycle of guilt, confession, and emotional performance as the pathway to God. But lacking a dramatic spiritual crisis, she began to fear that something was wrong with her—that she wasn’t truly saved. Years later, she finds the language to name what happened: not discipleship, but spiritual violence.

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This article was published in The Christian Century on July 9, 2025, and was written by McKenzie Watson-Fore.