In many churches in the US, you will find an American Flag standing watch somewhere on the platform. In many churches, you will hear patriotic songs being sung on national holidays. In many churches, you will hear memorials for those who gave their lives in the service of our country; sermons that support the nation’s “just” wars; and prayers for victory. But what about those prayers?
Mark Twain wrote a short “poem” called War Prayer, which imagines an answer to one congregation’s prayer.
Tongue on Fire 