Tourists collect a lot of mementos, yet pilgrims know how to stop and build an altar to mark their God encounters, often with calloused hands, weary feet, and aching backs.

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.

If your season is a night of weeping, hold on a bit longer — the weeping that endures for the night will surely turn to joy. Your grief will turn to gratitude if you tend it.

Here's a selection of books, both nonfiction and fiction, to consider for your summer reading. Happy reading!

50 years later, Rocky’s lessons remain. The future does not, cannot, belong to people who see nothing but hopelessness.