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  You’re not losing faith — you’re losing the feeling of faith. The light hasn’t gone out; it’s being hidden so you can learn to see differently. Thus, 🌒 1. Prayer feels empty You still show up, but the sweetness is gone. Words fall flat. Silence feels blank. You wonder if you’re doing something wrong — but you’re not. This dryness is the soul’s way of being weaned from emotional reward. 🌒 2. Spiritual practices stop “working” Meditation, music, ritual, even nature — all the things that once lifted you — now seem dull. It’s not that they’ve lost power; it’s that your senses are being purified. You’re learning to love God for God’s sake, not for the experience. 🌒 3. You feel strangely detached You may notice less emotional reaction to sermons, sacred texts, or even suffering. This isn’t indifference; it’s the beginning of interior stillness. The senses are quieting so the spirit can listen. 🌒 4. You can’t go back Old spiritual habits no longer fit. You try to rekindle the old w...

Malcolm Muggeridge spent much of his life as a skeptic, a journalist who saw through illusions and mocked pretension. He had witnessed war, political corruption, and the failures of ideology. For years, he believed that truth was only what could be exposed — never what could be adored. But slowly, the irony gave way to insight. Muggeridge began to see that the world’s emptiness pointed toward something fuller. His encounters with people of faith — especially Mother Teresa — revealed a joy that defied logic. He realized that cynicism could dissect life but never explain it. His conversion was not sentimental; it was moral and intellectual. He wrote that faith was “the great discovery of my later years,” the only lens through which human suffering and beauty made sense. The journalist who once sought scandal found grace instead. Muggeridge’s transformation reminds us that faith can begin in disillusionment. When the world’s promises collapse, the soul starts listening. He discovered that...

  Bruce Floren's book, Eternal Springs: Joy Found in the Book of John, to be released soon. Book Description: What if joy isn’t optional in the Christian life—but essential? For many, religion feels heavy, demanding, and joyless. Yet Jesus promised life “to the full.” In Eternal Springs, the author draws from his deeply personal journey of leaving faith behind to pursue happiness, where he ultimately discovered that true joy could only be found by returning to Christ. Rooted in the Gospel of John and shaped by decades of lived experience, this book uncovers a vibrant, Spirit-led understanding of joy—not as shallow emotion, but as the divine energy that fuels love, grace, fruitfulness, and spiritual vitality. This is Christianity rediscovered: Joy that sustains rather than distracts Faith that overflows rather than burdens A life that becomes an attractive aroma to the glory of God Eternal Springs is for seekers, believers, and anyone who has ever wondered if there is more to fait...