Are young people newly embracing religion or not?

Contrasting takes on religion and the young. There have been a number of stories like this Washington Post piece with vivid and interesting examples of 20-somethings embracing religion. (Link should allow door through the paywall.) https://wapo.st/3KltFEh

But contrast that with a new Pew report finding stable religious practice over the past 5 years, young less religious than older, declining religiosity among young women, no rise among young men. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/

The newspaper stories aren’t misleading about specific cases. Obviously individual local churches may be growing and flourishing even as the national picture is one of stability or decline. But it is a reminder that there is pressure to generalize from specific instances to broad generalizations. Caution and perspective are helpful.