It’s a good question. And perhaps no better time to ask it, although the timing may be accidental.
Or not.
The New York Times published this Lauren Jackson column on Good Friday, which questions whether America’s march toward secularization and atheism threw “the baby out with the baptismal water.” Jackson points out that Americans seem to have changed direction yet again, becoming more likely to embrace religious belief. After decades of attempts to find deeper meaning in other pursuits, God — or at least the impulse to seek Him — has returned:
I spent my 20s worshiping at the altar of work and, in my free time, testing secular ideas for how to live well. I built a community. I volunteered. I cared for my nieces and nephews. I pursued wellness. I paid for workout classes on Sunday mornings, practiced mindfulness, went to therapy, visited saunas and…
