I always look forward to Ramadan to charge my spiritual batteries for the rest of the year. It reminds me who I am before God and how I am called to live in the world.

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.

I forgot the power of personal conversion through faith in Jesus Christ. Thank God Robert Duvall remembered for me.

Lent is a cry for mercy on the one hand, and an invitation to be searched by the sovereign God on the other hand. We need these practices if we are to truly become mature followers of Jesus.

When we tell Esther’s story, we yell and scream and blot out evil names with noise. But perhaps there is a different version of our heroine’s world – that of Hadassah – where parents and children are allowed to stay together because that is what lets myrtle roots grow deep and long and free.