According to a recent survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 54 percent of children raised unaffiliated with a religion later choose one — three-fourths of them by age 24. On Sunday, the New York Times told the story of one such young person

IN April, Bob Sweeney’s son, Ryan, 13, suddenly announced he wanted to start going to church. While Mr. Sweeney had been quite religious once, he’d stopped attending church 40 years ago, and he and his wife had raised their son without religion.

On the ride home from middle school (one day,) Ryan said, “You know what we’re doing this weekend, Dad?”

“No,” Mr. Sweeney said, figuring he had forgotten one of his son’s track meets.

“We’re going to church,” Ryan said.      Read more here.