On Sunday, while Christian nationalist leaders gathered on the National Mall to “rededicate” America to God, I was worshipping at Metropolitan AME — a historic Black church born from resistance to segregation, still bearing witness in a time of rising white Christian nationalism.

The contrast was stark.

One version of Christianity claimed national power.

Another reminded us that faithfulness often means resisting the nation’s sins.

This is the question before us now: not whether religion belongs in public life, but what kind of religion will shape public life.

Christian nationalism is organizing people through fear. Our task is to organize people through love — not sentimental love, but disciplined, courageous, truth-telling love.

That is the faith America needs now.