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My best friend Kira is a Quaker, but it took me two years to discover it. We don’t usually talk about religion or spirituality, but, over dinner one night, Kira explained that not only was she raised as a Quaker, but she still actively practiced…

I grew up in an agnostic family so any religious service would have been outside my own tradition, but I wanted to attend a service that might push me further outside my comfort zone. I attended a sacrament meeting of the Mormon Church, a religion I…

I woke up to the sound of our bus driver honking relentlessly in a futile attempt to move the cows that were blocking the road. “We are definitely not in Beijing anymore,” announced our guide. I looked around and saw nothing but endless tea…