by Nate Grasz | Nov 24, 2021 | Holiday, Religious Freedom
This year’s Thanksgiving holiday carries extra significance. Despite the lack of fanfare, celebration, and national remembrance, this year marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ “First Thanksgiving” at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Four hundred years ago,...
by Karen Bowling | Nov 24, 2021 | Holiday
America’s first Thanksgiving was celebrated after the Pilgrims’ successful harvest in 1621. But it was celebrated, in part, because the previous year had been so filled with sorrow. The Pilgrims had suffered starvation that killed nearly every wife and...
by Karen Bowling | May 28, 2021 | Citizenship, Holiday, Religious Freedom
I read my Bible every morning and leave it sitting openly on my desk in view of anyone who enters the office. While driving across the city on my way to church, I listen to encouraging worship music and hear the Word of God proclaimed freely on the radio. At home, I...
by Nate Grasz | Nov 25, 2020 | Holiday, Religious Freedom
Thanksgiving in 2020 is different for many reasons, but this year also marks a noteworthy occasion of great significance: the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ arrival in America. Four hundred years ago, a rugged group of Protestant separatists –...
by Nate Grasz | Jul 2, 2020 | Citizenship, Holiday, Pro-Life, Religious Freedom
This is a turning point in American history. While still grappling with a global health and economic crisis, civil unrest, and rioting, we received a string of devastating and unexpected decisions from the Supreme Court that undermine religious freedom, the...
by Marilyn Newland | Jun 17, 2020 | Holiday, Marriage and Family
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.” Psalms 127:3-5 On most days, fathers move about our cities and towns...