I received the (lightly edited) letter below from a concerned reader that asks a question that I’ve been asked numerous times. She wrote in response to the analogy I raised about running out of rope and tying a knot in it and hanging on, but then brought up a perplexing problem that haunts many parents . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2021/07/our-children-leaving-the-church/