Read an excerpt from Marilynne Robinson's latest novel "Home."

Last year Pilgrim Church in Detroit celebrated the repair of its roof and the faith that has made its ministries possible.

"There's definitely something spiritual about working with the earth and feeling a relationship with all of God's creation," says Cara Gonzalez, a parishioner at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Maryland, who volunteers in the church garden.

Read an excerpt from Marilynne Robinson's latest novel "Home."

Read excerpts from Kim Lawton's August 17, 2008 interview with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.

Read Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’s web-only interview with Vincent Lam, a Canadian doctor and writer whose acclaimed first book, BLOODLETTING & MIRACULOUS CURES (Weinstein Books, 2007), was awarded the 2006 Giller Prize for fiction.

Read Bob Abernethy's full interview with William Sloane Coffin.