“At the end of the day, faith is a choice,” says Mikael Rinne. “As a bishop, I can’t give people faith; they have to choose to believe.”

Mikael Rinne

Tiffany Rinne, here reading a scripture story to daughters Sólia and Aila, says members of her family are the only Latter-day Saints most of their nonmember friends know.

“There’s not a lot of faith here in Harvard [University] land,” says Bishop Rinne, but he and his wife, Tiffany, make time to instill faith in their children.

Bishop Mikael Rinne helps his son, Kai, with his homework. In the Rinne home, there’s room for both faith and science.

Bishop Rinne helps Sólia get ready for bedtime.

Bishop Rinne shares an evening devotional thought with his family, including Nea (left), Aila (right), and Kai (back).

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