Michael Paulson, who covers religion for the Boston Globe, reflects on religion and faith after attending the funeral services for Globe editor, reporter and Milton resident, Sarah Snyder. The service was held at the First Parish church here in Milton. He writes:

There’s been a lot of talk in the religion world about Americans’ increasing habit of choosing their own religious affiliation — survey research by Pew, in particular, has shown that half of all Americans have changed denomination during their lifetime. But there’s been less attention to the ways in which Americans also have a tendency to make faith their own, accepting those beliefs and rituals that they like, and rejecting those they don’t, within or outside their denominations.

I was thinking about this this morning, when I attended the funeral for a co-worker, Sarah Snyder, who died June 11 at the age of 51.

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