United in suffering: Martyrdom as Christian vocation

Icon of the 21 martyrs of Libya by Tony Rezk

The peace of God, it is no peace,
But strife closed in the sod,
Yet, brothers, pray for but one thing—
The marvelous peace of God.

(William Alexander Percy, 1924)

The church is called to be a loving critic, not a national cheerleader.

In September, Episcopal bishop Mariann Edgar Budde will travel to her mother’s homeland at the invitation of the Stockholm Cathedral.

Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.

A Christianity that affirms the state’s wars is not Christianity. It is idolatry.

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