Religion and Belief

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 […]