{"id":2829,"date":"2026-08-18T06:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/?page_id=2222"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:35:12","slug":"pastoral-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/pastoral-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-threshold bf-img-1\" id=\"section_1304287293\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1788402251\">\n\t<div id=\"col-248312473\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2422115403\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<!-- BLOOM_IMAGE_NEEDED: a phone face-down on a windowsill in early morning light, a stole folded beside it -->\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">ASK A PASTOR<\/span>\n<h1 class=\"bf-h1\">Write the message badly.<span class=\"bf-turn\">It will still be answered.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"bf-rule\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\">You can talk to an affirming pastor here by message or by voice, one conversation at a time, at no cost. The Ordinary answers these personally. If you are in immediate danger, the numbers below come first \u2014 they answer faster than any church can.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\" style=\"margin-top:40px\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/pastoral-care\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Send a message <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/crisis\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">If you are in crisis<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1304287293 {\n  padding-top: 90px;\n  padding-bottom: 90px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1304287293 {\n    padding-top: 150px;\n    padding-bottom: 150px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-crisissec\" id=\"section_1046447113\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1583149280\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1332513901\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3028569309\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-crisis\"><p class=\"bf-crisis-lead\">If you are in danger tonight, these answer faster than we can, at any hour. Nothing on this page is more important than the four numbers below.<\/p><ul class=\"bf-crisis-list\"><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:988\">988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call or text 988<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">Free and open every hour of every day, across the United States.<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:18775658860\">Trans Lifeline<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call 877-565-8860<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">Peer support, staffed by trans people. Does not call police or emergency services without your consent.<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:18664887386\">The Trevor Project<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call 1-866-488-7386, or text START to 678-678<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">For LGBTQ people under 25. Chat, text, and phone.<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:18555037233\">Oregon Child Abuse Hotline<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call 855-503-SAFE (855-503-7233)<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">If a child is being harmed. The clergy of this church are mandatory reporters under ORS 419B.010, and that duty is not dispensable by anyone here, including the Ordinary.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1046447113 {\n  padding-top: 70px;\n  padding-bottom: 70px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1046447113 {\n    padding-top: 110px;\n    padding-bottom: 110px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-declsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1582726919\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1260443067\">\n\t<div id=\"col-132010827\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-936912307\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">WHAT THIS IS<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Accompaniment <em>with a spine.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">What pastoral care is<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">Someone sits with you in the situation and does not flinch at it. <em>You are not a case, and the goal is not to get you calm enough to be convenient.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">What it is not<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">It is not therapy. It does not diagnose, it does not treat, and it does not manage a psychiatric condition. <em>Anyone telling you a pastor can replace a clinician is selling something.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">On referral<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">Sending you to an affirming clinician is a duty of this office, not an admission that you were too much. <em>A pastor who keeps you when you need a doctor has failed you, not served you.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">On what you believe<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">Nothing here requires faith, membership, baptism, or agreement. <em>You may ask for a conversation while certain that none of this is true.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1582726919 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1582726919 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-stepssec\" id=\"section_2110751433\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1826317420\">\n\t<div id=\"col-304877891\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3177975889\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">AFTER YOU WRITE<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">What actually happens <em>next.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-steps\">\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>A reply within a day or two<\/h3><p>The Ordinary answers these personally. No intake queue, no triage form, no automated acknowledgement pretending to be a person.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Times and formats offered<\/h3><p>You are given options: written back-and-forth at your own pace, or a voice conversation at a set time. Written is a full choice, not a lesser one.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>The first conversation belongs entirely to you<\/h3><p>You set the subject and the boundaries. There is no agenda waiting underneath it, no assessment being filled in, and no attempt to move you toward membership.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Your agenda \u2014 not ours<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Nothing obligates a second<\/h3><p>If once was enough, that is a complete outcome. You will not be chased, checked on, or added to anything.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Referral when it is the right answer<\/h3><p>If what you need is a clinician, a lawyer, or material assistance, you get names and a route rather than more conversation.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2110751433 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_2110751433 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-splitsec bf-light\" id=\"section_290360622\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-658741884\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1207241527\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3489227765\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-split bf-split-wide bf-split-flip\">\n<div class=\"bf-split-media bf-img-2\"><span class=\"bf-ph\">A hand writing<br>an alias on<br>a slip of paper<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">SAFE CONTACT<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Tell us how to answer <em>without costing you anything.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-p\">Plenty of people who write here share a device, live with family who read their mail, or are out in one direction only. Say so in the form and the instruction is followed exactly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-p\">You can use an alias. You can ask for replies at a set hour, or with a neutral subject line, or from a name that means nothing to anyone looking over your shoulder. You can ask that no reply be sent at all until you write again. You can also ask that a thread be deleted, and it will be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-p\">Records of pastoral correspondence are not published, not sold, and not shared across Bloom programs without your explicit consent.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_290360622 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_290360622 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-quote\" id=\"section_1001383130\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-767920565\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1400904350\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1275423660\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p class=\"bf-quote-t\">&#8220;You do not have to arrive tidy. Arrive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-quote-c\">Pastora Tori Matthews, Ordinary and Chief Pastor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1001383130 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1001383130 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-faqsec\" id=\"section_1265123411\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-575169192\">\n\t<div id=\"col-846253922\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1131778840\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">PLAIN ANSWERS<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Before you <em>hit send.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"accordion bf-faq\">\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3287985729\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3287985729-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-do-i-need-to-believe-in-god-for-this-to-matter?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3287985729-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Do I need to believe in God for this to matter?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3287985729-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3287985729-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. People talk to an affirming pastor here while atheist, agnostic, furious, or simply unsure, and the conversation is the same conversation. You will not be worked on.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-4060820300\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-4060820300-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-is-it-confidential?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-4060820300-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Is it confidential?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-4060820300-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-4060820300-label\">\n\t\t\tWhat you share is held in confidence within the limits of the law. Oregon clergy are mandatory reporters of child abuse under ORS 419B.010, the clergy-penitent privilege at ORS 40.260 is narrow, and the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline is 855-503-SAFE (855-503-7233). That reporting duty is not dispensable, even by the Ordinary.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-2404242882\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-2404242882-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-what-does-it-cost?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2404242882-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>What does it cost?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2404242882-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-2404242882-label\">\n\t\t\tNothing has a fee. There is no suggested donation and no point at which you are asked to give.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-39624848\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-39624848-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-can-i-ask-for-a-different-pastor?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-39624848-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Can I ask for a different pastor?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-39624848-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-39624848-label\">\n\t\t\tYou can ask for a referral to affirming clergy outside Bloom at any time, for any reason or none, and you will get one.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1122270202\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1122270202-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-can-we-talk-about-faith,-or-is-that-off-the-table?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1122270202-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Can we talk about faith, or is that off the table?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1122270202-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1122270202-label\">\n\t\t\tEither way. Scripture, doubt, sacraments, and prayer are all available if you want them, and none of it appears if you don&#8217;t.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3041707083\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3041707083-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-is-this-a-roman-catholic-priest?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3041707083-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Is this a Roman Catholic priest?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3041707083-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3041707083-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. The Church of Bloom is Independent Catholic, keeps the Roman Rite of 1962, and is not in communion with Rome. It claims no Roman faculties, jurisdiction, or recognition of orders, and Rome holds otherwise on much of what this church teaches.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1265123411 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1265123411 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-formsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1363789979\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-134079490\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1025337648\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-198594625\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-form\"><h3>Write to the Chancery<\/h3>\n<p>A few sentences is enough. Include how it is safe to reach you and whether an alias should be used.<\/p>\n<div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_3 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"3\" id=\"fluentform_3\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_3 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_3_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_3_1\" method=\"POST\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; min-inline-size: 100%;\">\n                    <legend class=\"ff_screen_reader_title\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;height: 0!important;text-indent: -999999px;width: 0!important;overflow:hidden;\">FF_PASTORAL<\/legend>        <div\n                style=\"display: none!important; position: absolute!important; transform: translateX(1000%)!important;\"\n                class=\"ff-el-group ff-hpsf-container\"\n        >\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\">\n                <label for=\"ff_3_item_sf\" aria-label=\"Notify\">\n                    Notify                <\/label>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--content\">\n                <input type=\"text\"\n                       name=\"item_3__fluent_sf\"\n                       class=\"ff-el-form-control\"\n                       id=\"ff_3_item_sf\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type='hidden' name='__fluent_form_embded_post_id' value='2829' \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_fluentform_3_fluentformnonce\" name=\"_fluentform_3_fluentformnonce\" value=\"db4db51554\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2829\" \/><div data-name=\"ff_cn_id_1\"  class='ff-t-container ff-column-container ff_columns_total_1 '><div class='ff-t-cell ff-t-column-1' style='flex-basis: 100%;'><div data-type=\"name-element\" data-name=\"names_1\" class=\" ff-field_container ff-name-field-wrapper\" ><div class='ff-t-container'><div class='ff-t-cell '><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_3_names_1_first_name_' id='label_ff_3_names_1_first_name_' >What should we call you?<\/label><div class=\"ff-el-tooltip\" data-content=\"Any name. 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Nothing here is shared outside the Ordinary.\"><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 25 25\"><path d=\"m329 393l0-46c0-2-1-4-2-6-2-2-4-3-7-3l-27 0 0-146c0-3-1-5-3-7-2-1-4-2-7-2l-91 0c-3 0-5 1-7 2-1 2-2 4-2 7l0 46c0 2 1 5 2 6 2 2 4 3 7 3l27 0 0 91-27 0c-3 0-5 1-7 3-1 2-2 4-2 6l0 46c0 3 1 5 2 7 2 1 4 2 7 2l128 0c3 0 5-1 7-2 1-2 2-4 2-7z m-36-256l0-46c0-2-1-4-3-6-2-2-4-3-7-3l-54 0c-3 0-5 1-7 3-2 2-3 4-3 6l0 46c0 3 1 5 3 7 2 1 4 2 7 2l54 0c3 0 5-1 7-2 2-2 3-4 3-7z m182 119c0 40-9 77-29 110-20 34-46 60-80 80-33 20-70 29-110 29-40 0-77-9-110-29-34-20-60-46-80-80-20-33-29-70-29-110 0-40 9-77 29-110 20-34 46-60 80-80 33-20 70-29 110-29 40 0 77 9 110 29 34 20 60 46 80 80 20 33 29 70 29 110z\" transform=\"scale(0.046875 0.046875)\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><textarea aria-required=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"label_ff_3_description\" name=\"description\" id=\"ff_3_description\" class=\"ff-el-form-control\" placeholder=\"Tell us about what&#039;s going on.\" rows=\"6\" cols=\"2\" data-name=\"description\" tabindex=\"3\" ><\/textarea><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label   aria-label=\"I would like the Ordinary to respond to me directly\">I would like the Ordinary to respond to me directly<\/label><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><div class='ff-el-form-check ff-el-form-check-'><label class='ff-el-form-check-label' for='checkbox_20688a92cc30c3291451bc2f9bca1d84'><input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"checkbox[]\" data-name=\"checkbox\" class=\"ff-el-form-check-input ff-el-form-check-checkbox\" tabindex=\"4\" value=\"Yes\"  id='checkbox_20688a92cc30c3291451bc2f9bca1d84' aria-label='Yes' aria-invalid='false' aria-required=false> <span>Yes<\/span><\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-el-group'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label   aria-label=\"I need this kept from my family \/ former church\">I need this kept from my family \/ former church<\/label><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><div class='ff-el-form-check ff-el-form-check-'><label class='ff-el-form-check-label' for='checkbox_1_7bb49469610cc4fd614a051a271c6c98'><input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"checkbox_1[]\" data-name=\"checkbox_1\" class=\"ff-el-form-check-input ff-el-form-check-checkbox\" tabindex=\"5\" value=\"Yes\"  id='checkbox_1_7bb49469610cc4fd614a051a271c6c98' aria-label='Yes' aria-invalid='false' aria-required=false> <span>Yes<\/span><\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-el-group ff-text-left ff_submit_btn_wrapper'><button type=\"submit\" class=\"ff-btn ff-btn-submit ff-btn-md ff_btn_style\" tabindex=\"6\"  aria-label=\"Send this privately\">Send this privately<\/button><\/div><\/fieldset><\/form><div id='fluentform_3_errors' class='ff-errors-in-stack ff_form_instance_3_1 ff-form-loading_errors ff_form_instance_3_1_errors'><\/div><\/div>            <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n                window.fluent_form_ff_form_instance_3_1 = {\"id\":\"3\",\"ajaxUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bloomministries.org\\\/faith\\\/wp-admin\\\/admin-ajax.php\",\"settings\":{\"layout\":{\"labelPlacement\":\"top\",\"asteriskPlacement\":\"asterisk-right\",\"helpMessagePlacement\":\"with_label\",\"errorMessagePlacement\":\"inline\",\"cssClassName\":\"\"},\"restrictions\":{\"denyEmptySubmission\":{\"enabled\":false}}},\"form_instance\":\"ff_form_instance_3_1\",\"form_id_selector\":\"fluentform_3\",\"rules\":{\"names_1[first_name]\":{\"required\":{\"value\":false,\"message\":\"This field is required\",\"global_message\":\"This field is required\",\"global\":true}},\"names_1[middle_name]\":{\"required\":{\"value\":false,\"message\":\"This field is required\",\"global_message\":\"This field is required\",\"global\":true}},\"names_1[last_name]\":{\"required\":{\"value\":false,\"message\":\"This field is required\",\"global_message\":\"This field is required\",\"global\":true}},\"email\":{\"required\":{\"value\":false,\"message\":\"This field is required\",\"global_message\":\"This field is required\",\"global\":true},\"email\":{\"value\":true,\"message\":\"This field must contain a valid email\",\"global_message\":\"This field must contain a valid email\",\"global\":true}},\"description\":{\"required\":{\"value\":true,\"message\":\"Tell us whatever you can. 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Held in confidence within the limits of the law. No name reaches a prayer list, nothing is shared with any other Bloom program without your explicit consent, and you can ask for the thread to be deleted at any time.<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1363789979 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1363789979 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-ctasec\" id=\"section_548263649\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-862800353\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1143763153\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-944798435\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">ONE CONVERSATION<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">You are allowed to ask<br><em>before it gets worse.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\" style=\"margin:0 auto 36px\">Nobody here is measuring whether your situation qualifies. 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