The goal needs to be to create a safe environment and still be a welcoming place for worship. Each congregation needs to choose their own way to respond, keeping in mind that our Gospel call is to “seek first the kingdom.”

By honoring the order of Jesus’ two Great Commandments and giving them their due weight, we will find that the second, to love our neighbor, ought to increase exponentially, for out of our love for the Divine arises a passion for justice, kindness, and mercy.

This book guides us to a better sense of loving our neighbors as ourselves, and to help us see clearly Christ’s call to see him among vulnerable groups in our 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.

The message of Pixar’s “Hoppers” is that we need each other, even those who were once our enemies.