For some time now, I have felt that one of our biggest needs in the United States is unity. Our economic prosperity is often where we point and say things need to improve or we pick out some particular social difficulty and say it needs to improve. But I believe that if we as a […]
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by Emil Therianos (2016) Do you hear that?Don’t you hear that mournful cry?The eagle: she’s hurt, wounded by the division of her people.She searches desperately for someone to unite them once again.Will she succeed?Will her people unite again as one nation under God?Many of her people have learned to use their freedom to hurt and […]
Ask any American what the First Amendment to the Constitution is about, and in most cases you’ll hear: “Freedom of speech!” I have asked that question a few times with people and, invariably, they brought up freedom of speech. Even people of faith seem to forget that it is also about freedom of religion. And […]
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Strive On With Charity, Not Malice
During his second inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln, in closing said, “With malice toward none, with charity for all, … let us strive on …” Though we often think of the word “charity” as giving money or other items to someone in need, this was clearly not the meaning that President Lincoln had in mind. […]