On Christmas Eve 2024, shortly after moving back to the Boston area, my family and four, including my 10-year-old and 5-year-old boys decided to attend a local church service. Not out of religious conviction — I was born and raised in mainland China, where faith and skepticism coexist in uneasy tension — but out of curiosity and a desire for cultural connection. Our destination was the First Parish Church in Concord, MA, a stately, beautiful structure at the heart of a historic Massachusetts town. Concord is famous not only as the site of the first battles of the American Revolution Read more