On the cover: The notion of the “metaverse,” touted by tech executives like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, is no longer a far-off idea. In fact, we may be gradually entering it through our growing reliance on gadgets and the internet to get through daily life. On Page 12, Elise Ureneck looks into where the metaverse wants to take us and whether people of faith should resist or try to shape a world that isn’t totally “real.”