Twenty years ago, as we prepared to commence our national American Families of Faith research project in early 2001, we could not have imagined what September 11 of that year would bring. One of us (Dave), was bound for Massachusetts to interview exemplary religious families there. The other (Loren) was interviewing families around the University of Delaware, positioned midpoint between the twin towers of New York City and the Pentagon in D.C., all of which were attacked on 9/11.