While we wrestle with the seeming inevitability of war, let’s break away for more uplifting news from the four astronauts on the Artemis II lunar mission.

We already looked at what Christian pilot Vic Glover said on Easter Sunday:

I think, as we go into Easter Sunday, thinking about all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing, and that we’ve gotta get through this together.

What about the mission commander Reid Wiseman?

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman doesn’t consider himself religious, but he asked to speak with a chaplain shortly after arriving back on Earth. Speaking at a NASA news conference Thursday, Wiseman said that while he was on the Navy ship that retrieved the Artemis II crew after splashdown, he felt he needed someone to talk to about his experiences in space. When the chaplain walked into his cabin, Wiseman saw the cross on his collar and broke down in tears, he said. – Reported by World Magazine, April 17, 2026

Meanwhile, Glover, who talked about community and togetherness lived it out on his street in Houston:

Back on the ground, the pilot gathered with his neighbors and told them from his driveway, “Some of us have never met before. And you know whose fault that is? Ours. So let’s choose to do this. … Let’s be neighbors. I don’t know if you heard me say it, but God told us to love him with all that we are and love our neighbors as ourselves. I love you. – Reported by Christianity Today, April 17, 2026

The psalmist felt small, and he didn’t have to look at the earth from the moon:

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? (Psalm 8.3, 4, ESV)