Religion and Belief

June 28, 2024

A Perfect Match, Except for God and Dogs

What happens when deal breakers don’t break the deal? When he wrote early in our correspondence that he thought his religion wasn’t compatible with mine but […]
May 8, 2023

Flamenco and Fervor: Inside Spain’s El Rocío Pilgrimage

“You can’t wear that flamenco dress for the El Rocío pilgrimage, Bonita,” Maria Cárdenas, our Airbnb host, said with a laugh. “You’ll die in the heat.” […]
April 11, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘What the Ukrainian Grandmothers Have Written’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Ukrainian Springtime Love Song At my Ukrainian grandmother’s house in Chicago, circa 1970, […]
November 30, 2022

Why More People, Jewish and Not, Are Embracing Shabbat

After pandemic separation and a recent surge in antisemitism, more young people — Jewish and not — seem to be celebrating the sabbath. Thursday is not […]
November 26, 2022

American Rituals

Abiquiú, New Mexico At the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, a remote abbey beside the Chama River in northern New Mexico, some two dozen Benedictine […]
January 13, 2021

Faith is Hard to Define. Can Spiritual Directors Help?

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May 19, 2020

Where Group Prayer Meets Group Fitness

At first glance, the streaming fitness class looks like any other: blue yoga mats against a neutral background, with ambient music and candles to set the […]
April 15, 2017

First Person: After the Election, a ‘Whole Foods Democrat’ Returns to Church

I know it’s Easter. But let’s flash back to the fall. The morning of Nov. 9, the first text I got was from my younger teenage […]
November 17, 2016

Yoga? Weaving? Vigils? The Search for Postelection Calm

They were a cheerful, if slightly dazed, group last Thursday evening at Voz, a store on Elizabeth Street that sells ethical fashion made by indigenous people […]