Does Religious Affiliation Make Someone More Resistant to Societal Changes?

And a rant against nostalgia.

As some of you know, the church I pastored for 17 years held its last worship service last July. I wrote an essay for Deseret last year, which received a bit of attention. They asked me to reflect on that a year later, which was published over the weekend.

It’s titled, “The church I led closed a year ago. I’m still not over it.”