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Walking Together

Cairn's guidelines for shared and group journeys

A shared or group journey is a place to read Scripture alongside others and encourage one another. A few simple commitments keep it safe and honest for everyone.

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   Be kind. Write as you'd speak to a friend across the table. Encourage rather than correct, shame, or argue.

2. 2

   Honor what's shared. Someone's journal is an act of trust. Don't copy, screenshot, or pass it on.

3. 3

   Let Scripture speak. Share what you noticed, not what anyone else should conclude or feel. Christians read many passages differently, and that's welcome here.

4. 4

   No pressure. Each person decides what to share and when. Never push someone to share, write more, or keep going. Anyone can stop sharing or leave at any time.

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   Keep it safe. No harassment, threats, hateful or sexual content, spam, or selling. Shared and group journeys are for adults 18 and older.

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   Lead gently. If you lead a group, invite rather than pressure. Never ask anyone to share their journal, and keep what's said at a gathering within the group. Your organization sees group totals only, and you're the one people trust with the rest.

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   If someone may be in danger, don't wait. If it's urgent, call 911 or your local emergency number. Reach out to them gently, and use Report → I'm worried about this person, which shows crisis lines right away. Cairn's reviewers can help, but they aren't counselors.

If something goes wrong

• ·You're always in control. You can turn off sharing, keep any single entry private, leave the journey or group, remove your guest (or, as a leader, a member), and report an entry, a comment, or a person.
• ·Reports go to a small group of people who review Cairn, never to a group's leader or organization. Reviewers may remove a comment, hide an entry from the people it was shared with, remove someone from a group, pause someone's sharing, or close an account.
• ·Anyone affected gets an email. They can reply to ask for another look.

Questions about these guidelines? Write to hello@cairn.bible. How Cairn handles what you share is in the privacy note, and the rest of the agreement is in the Terms of Use.