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Reborn on the Fourth of July

The Challenge of Faith, Patriotism and Conscience

by Logan Mehl-Laituri

In Reborn on the Fourth of July you'll learn through Logan's story the real cost of war to military personnel, the real challenges to Christians that are raised by military service on and even off the battlefield, and the real questions that each of us must wrestle with as we hold in tension our love of country with God's love for the world. | read more»

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About the Book & Author

Read more about the true story of an American soldier who, after a full tour of Iraq, sought conscientious objector status and left the military with a new assignment for peace. | read more »

Book Excerpt: The Calm Before the Storm

"Soon everything holding me in place, all the cultural and political assumptions I didn't even know I held, would fracture and break, sending me on a foreboding trajectory into unknown territory." | read more »

Praise for Reborn on the Fourth of July

"Logan Mehl-Laituri is one of the contemporary prophets for peace, decrying the evils of war and declaring the nonviolent love of Jesus." What Shane Claiborne and others are saying about the new book on faith and patriotism. | read more »

A Soldier’s Rebirth: A Q&A with Army Veteran Logan Mehl-Laituri

"With this book, I hope to advance the frontlines of a new and growing space within which we might better process the reality of war through a uniquely Christian lens." | read more »

For God and Country: A Video Q&A with Logan Mehl-Laituri

Is it our duty as Christians to question war? Reborn on the Fourth of July author Logan Mehl-Laituri responds to this question and others in this exclusive video interview about his new book exploring the tension between loving God and loving Country. | read more »

Faith and the Fourth of July: Video Messages to the Church

What does it mean to be a Christian and a citizen of a nation? Brian McLaren, Lisa Sharon Harper, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and others share their reflections on faith and patriotism this Independence Day. | read more »
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