January 21, 2026

America is wrestling with its identity. Many people seem oblivious to this battle. We have watched schools lose the right to pray and cities lose the right for Christian Christmas displays. Our children can’t pray in school but Muslim prayer bells ring in downtown Detroit. Little by little, the freedoms that made America the desired destination throughout the world are being stripped away. The goal of all these new regulations and laws is to strip God Himself out of our culture. To ignore the battle is to assure continued losses. Parental rights are threatened, with teachers questioning why parents should have any input on gender issues, curriculum, or morality discussions.

Every person is entitled to their own beliefs. That is an American ideology. And it used to be we all honored that. Now, with the generation that was raised with the participation trophy mentality, we have people who think they have authority in everyone else’s opinions. They feel threatened and unsafe if we say our beliefs out loud and they sincerely believe we should be silenced. Silenced? We probably don’t want to know for sure what that means. When one person’s beliefs disagree with another person’s beliefs, the mature response is to remain civil. Safe words, safe rooms, and weighted blankets aren’t really required here. Just accept others and realize their life experiences have brought them to a different conclusion. Move on. I choose to do unto other as I want them to do unto me. I choose the Ten Commandments. I choose to love others. If people do not know God or love Him, they will not think as I think. Instead of taking our battles to people, disagreeing, and adding to the division, get involved with change. Run for office. Write to government leaders. Express your opinions politically but continue to be kind to others.

God, please help America. Help us remember we were intentionally formed as a nation that serves You. Our forefathers truly wanted freedom of religion. They had come out of circumstances where many faced religious persecution and prejudice. While those founders thought of many pitfalls and tried to address them, mistakes were made. We ask for healing in our land. We ask, Lord, for people to embrace the things we agree on and to be more tolerant as we work out solutions on those principles where we have yet to agree.

These are the people who cause divisions. They are concerned about physical things, not spiritual things. Jude 1:19