The Jesus We Want. The Jesus We Need.

Every generation remembers certain moments when the entire world seemed to hold its breath. Millions stopped what they were doing, radios stayed on through the night, television cameras never looked away, and strangers found themselves praying for people they had never met. Such moments remind us that history is often written not only by great victories, but also by great uncertainties.

Fifty-six years ago this past April, Apollo 13 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on what was expected to be another successful mission to the moon. By then, the Apollo program had become almost routine. Americans had watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take humanity’s first steps on the lunar surface. Apollo 12 had followed. Apollo 13 was simply expected to be the next chapter in that remarkable story.

Then, two days into the mission, nearly 200,000 miles from Earth, an oxygen tank exploded.

In an instant, everything changed.

Landing on the moon was no longer possible. The mission that had begun with dreams of…