Quote Originally Posted by sancho View Post
My sister left the church, and I love her like always. But it's tricky. Sometimes, that love will be interpreted the wrong way. I just don't talk to her about church at all. Then she realizes I'm not talking to her about it, and she wonders why no one asks her about it. She feels like we're afraid, and she's probably right.
Yeah, this is a challenge for a lot of us. It’s possible to develop a mutually comfortable approach but that does need to mutual — both parties must want that. I’ve succeeded at that with one relative and haven’t with another.

I’m over-generalizing here, but if an occasionally-attending member feels uncomfortable, the fault for that’s almost always on the more active members. Just my opinion.