Faith, Facts, and a Few Grumbles
Series
Citizens of Heaven, a serialized investigation from The Curmudgeon’s Chronicle.
I’m tired. Not the kind of tired from a long day’s work or a sleepless night, but the soul-deep exhaustion of watching something you love – your faith, your country – get tangled in rhetoric that doesn’t sit right.
I’ve always believed loving your country can be a beautiful thing. It’s why I choke up on Memorial Day, honoring those who gave everything, and feel a swell of pride when the American flag ripples in the wind.
I love America. The rolling fields of my rural hometown (that seems to be less rural every time I visit, with new coffee shops and gas stations sprouting faster than corn), the small-town churches where I learned to pray, the quiet pride…
Harvest season sweeps across America, a time when fields yield what they've been sown – abundance from faithful tending, or barrenness from neglect.
Influential voices – Joel Webbon, Jon Harris, Matt Walsh, Andrew Isker, Brian Sauvé, Eric Conn, Stephen Wolfe – I address you not as an adversary from afar, but as a fellow laborer grieved by the schism your words sow.