As the Christian church finds itself in the heart of the season of Lent, it calls all people of the world to turn to the God of peace and justice to pray for a credible ceasefire to Russia’s indiscriminate killing of innocent Ukrainian civilians and insanely reckless attacks on nuclear facilities. The universe has a deranged leader, the likes of whom we have not seen since Hitler. Putin has disregarded all the norms of war agreed to by the civilized world.

Since the war began on Feb. 24, religious leaders have been of one voice in offering words of comfort and solidarity to…