One night while visiting his mother, a man contends with the nature of faith and family.

A young girl wants to be a religious saint and tries to figure out what kind of sacrifice will be big enough for God to make her one.

Jeremiah, an atheist and an in-debt adjunct media studies professor, arrives at his Calvinist in-laws’ for Christmas, where he must deliver the Christmas dinner prayer and mend his strained relationship with his wife.

In a future where technology has advanced to the point where humans can undergo "optimization" to rid themselves of emotions and increase their mental functions, one man decides to cling to his humanity in an effort to atone for his sins and appreciate the beauty of being human.

A wounded soldier takes refuge in a cathedral and ponders his disillusionment with religion, which slowly wanes as he dies.

The tragic loss of his childhood friend puts a boy on the path of religion - but his inner feelings remain as repressed and turbulent as they always were.

A Louisiana boy educated by God-fearing Catholics is taught to abstain from masturbation and rather think of it as self-harm. Instead, he sets out on a tumultuous relationship with his sexuality, and comes to question whether or not he truly agrees with the church's teachings about what is and is not sin.

A priest assailed by doubt in his faith and purpose visits Dick Carson, a mutual friend whose wife has just died in a car accident. By sharing their interests with one another, they find comfort and fulfillment in their relationship.

A missionary preaches to a village in Mexico but faces utter alienation.

A young Jewish boy wavers between his father’s militant atheism and his anxious desires to speak to God, only to become an old man still asking the same questions of his faith.