A Gospel‑Centered Pathway for Parents Walking Through Pain When estrangement comes between you and your adult child, it doesn’t sit quietly in the background—it fills the whole room. The questions loop endlessly: Should I reach out again? Should I give space? Am I making things worse? Is there still hope? Beneath those questions sits a deeper ache: What does faithful love look like now

Conflict is rarely confusing. Most of us know what Scripture calls us to do. The deeper struggle is doing what’s right when someone hurts you. When you’re dismissed, misunderstood, talked over, or accused unfairly, something inside you reacts instinctively. You replay the moment. You justify your response. You build your internal case. Slowly, the person in front of you shrinks in your mind—no longer a full image‑bearer of God but a moment that wounded you. Conflict shrinks y

If your adult child has cut you off, and you are lying awake at night replaying every conversation, wondering how everything fell apart, hear this first: you are not alone. And if you are an adult child who stepped away because the pain felt unbearable, you are not alone either. Family estrangement leaves people on both sides carrying grief that has no funeral, questions with no clear answers, and wounds that remain open because the people involved are still alive.

If you’ve ever sat across the table from someone you love—a child, a sibling, a close friend—who shared that they identify as LGBTQ, you may remember the moment your heart started racing. Not because you suddenly lacked biblical conviction, but because one question rose to the surface and wouldn’t let go: How do I honor Christ without hurting them?