The markers that sustain religion — holidays — can make writing about it boring beyond belief, a truism of religion reporting that’s even moreso the case when it comes to civic religion and our state-designated holy days. Today is one of them, but one of the things that’s making this one enjoyable for The Revealer is this intelligent piece on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s religious development from The Dallas Morning News. Read, learn, and take a holiday.

The markers that sustain religion — holidays — can make writing about it boring beyond belief, a truism of religion reporting that’s even moreso the case when it comes to civic religion and our state-designated holy days. Today is one of them, but one of the things that’s making this one enjoyable for The Revealer is this intelligent piece on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s religious development from The Dallas Morning News. Read, learn, and take a holiday.