My late-night prayers feel powerful when my wife’s hugging me.

I pray irregularly. I am not a religious person. I am not sure I have faith. I don’t know if I believe in God.

I used to — when I was a kid. It feels like a strange transition — from believing as a child to not believing as an adult. As I kid I used to say the Lord’s prayer every night. No one taught me but I did. There was very little religion or church in the Soviet Union, but there was faith in me. I guess I owe it to my Mom. She and I got baptized in 1988 (I was eight then) at a local church in Eastern Moscow. Even then…