On my way out of this historic Atlanta church, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. once served as co-pastor with his father, I found this Labrador Retriever guide dog curled up on the bright red carpet below a pew in the back of the hall. On the seat above it rests a National Park Service Ranger’s hat, wrapped within a ranger’s jacket. Its master, the National Park Service ranger who manned the desk at the church entrance, is handicapped. The dog seems totally at home here – yet it also seems to take responsibility for watching after its absent master’s property, even though it is off duty at the moment. The human values expressed by this image are abundant: relaxation, loyalty, responsibility, protection, and cooperation are all implied here in an extremely humane manner. The religious context amplifies the values and adds meaning.