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.

Those who care deeply about the values of justice, mercy, and faith may find themselves more easily dehydrated spiritually in these times. But there is a fountain of living water, which can rehydrate, refresh, and renew us for the journey. 

God can bring new life – something creative – even out of the ashes of our worst nightmares.

At the risk of sounding like an old man yelling at the clouds, I believe that much of the polarization we face is artificially amplified and systematically promoted in our digital interactions, unlike the authentic experiences of embodied life as American Baptists.

No matter which recipe one uses — the Trumpian version with Hegseth baptizing the military or the more polite tone in the Capitol — the National Prayer Breakfast is at its foundation a problematic effort to fuse and confuse American and Christian identities.