Rachell Goldberg used to see the Jewish ritual of immersing in a mikvah as just another religious obligation. But this time, after enduring 7 months of chemotherapy for breast cancer, she's making the ritual ther own.

As a kid, Alissa Gold never imagined she would become an Orthodox Jewish woman who wears long skirts in the summertime and bakes bread every week. But then she finally got a chance to meet some. "I was pretty shocked."

Young Jews, Christians and Muslims who are bucking the "spiritual but not religious trend" and deciding they want stricter boundaries and deeper observance in their lives.

Is yoga hiding religious assumptions that clash with conservative Christianity? Or is it simply a fun way to wellness? Two sides weigh in. Plus, pastor Debbie Blue catalogues all the birds in the Bible.

Birds appear throughout the Bible, from the creation story to the Book of Revelation. What if the spirit of God is less like a dove--and more like a common pigeon?

Erik Davis says the yoga we practice today is a modern American creation, not an ancient path to enlightenment. And it isn't a religion, but it isn't secular. It's in a gray area that threatens conservative Christianity.

Candy Gunther Brown says that metaphysical ideas behind yoga, acupuncture and Reiki-- like the belief that our bodies contain chi or "life force"-- conflict with orthodox Christianity.

When is it morally justified to take the life of another human being? Plus, the inner life of Martin Luther, 500 years after the Protestant Reformation.

Five hundred years ago this October, a 33-year-old monk started the biggest schism in Western Christianity. But did you know that Martin Luther also spent 10 fearful months hiding out in a German castle?

Here in North America, Muslims fast for nearly 16 hours a day during Ramadan, from sunup to sundown. And that got our host Maureen thinking about fasting within her own Catholic tradition.