You need to fully paint those scenes that readers must experience to understand and feel strongly about your story. Look for the telling scenes readers must see to understand this tale. Take readers to places they've never been before. Even in short stories, devote a few paragraphs to helping readers feel at home in the sights, smells, sounds of this world. Don't blush, turn away or show surprise.
Spiritual life can be as deeply intimate as sexual life.
Ordinary folks, if they trust you, may reveal all kinds of unusual experiences. Don't put your reporter's pad away too soon. Almost without fail, when you interview ordinary people about spiritual experiences, they'll feel a strong desire at the very end of the interview to make one last statement. As you're mapping out additional reporting, look for signs that your story cuts across religious boundaries. Almost any major religious story echoes across other religious groups.