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Mid-Faith Crisis: Doubt, Deconstruction, and Finding Your Way Back (Catherine McNiel + Jason Hague)
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February 13, 2026
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58:23Now PlayingWhat do you do when questions you never wanted suddenly hit you? When prayer feels different, church feels complicated, and faith stops working the way it used to?
In this episode, we talk with Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague, co-authors of Mid-Faith Crisis: Finding a Path Through Doubt, Disillusionment, and Dead Ends. We explore how “mid-faith crisis” differs from culture-war “deconstruction,” why faith is not the same as certainty, and how lament can become a doorway to resilient discipleship instead of cynicism.
Topics include:
- What a “mid-faith crisis” is (and why it’s more common than you think)
- Questioning in faith vs. a questioning faith
- Lament, anger at God, and the fear of “going too far”
- Church hurt and how to take small steps toward healing
- Why the next step matters more than having the whole roadmap
** I introduce this as a Faithful Politics Podcast episode, though it is a Faith Roundtable.
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