The myths surrounding the warrior cult are draped in religious — often biblical — language. Religious language adds an additional layer of cover for those who commit violence on behalf of their country or in the name of protecting their communities.

I have been experiencing Jesus’ call “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men” in a new way this Lenten season.

Each week in The Christian Citizen, we publish a Religion News Roundup with summaries of religion news stories and links for those who want to read more.

Sixty-three years after King wrote those words from Birmingham to the world, we find ourselves, one more time, at the intersection of solidarity and resistance.

Our personal piety, our worship, and our ministry as Christ’s church must address the climate crisis just as we have historically addressed social, economic, racial, and gender justice as Gospel issues.