When People Run to Church, They Are Running to God — Why Faith, Crisis, and Expectation Collide in Moments of Deepest Need
When People Run to Church, They Are Running to God examines why survivors and people in crisis instinctively turn to faith communities in moments of danger, loss, and fear—and what happens when the care they are seeking is filtered through systems not designed for complex human crisis. Through reflection and lived experience, the article explores the gap between faith and function, the expectations placed on institutions that claim to represent God, and the quiet disillusionment that follows when compassion is procedural rather than present.
