“The pursuit of change has become an end unto itself, revealing a mindset that despises tradition or original intent.”

I’m praying for our future. Our children’s future. And I’m doing my best to teach them to live in the world, not of it. I’m standing my ground and I won’t be swept away by the mainstream. It’s very encouraging to find others with a similar determination.

I think you are scratching the surface, Jules, and I don’t mean that as a criticism but as a spur to go deeper. Since the last election, as a conservative Christian I feel like the ground beneath me has erupted with a view of life that I thought was a small subset of our culture, but is actually very mainstream. The bellows of those who need ‘relief’ are valued far and away more highly than the constant, steady voices of those who have taken responsibility for the future and worked hard to preserve it. The kids were let loose in the candy store and, even though we heard their voices saying “we’ll be responsible, ethical, cautious, and open,” they immediately turned tail and indignantly, defiantly grabbed every bit of candy that they had been “denied” for the last two decades. The pursuit of change has become an end unto itself, revealing a mindset that despises tradition or original intent. This country has completely shifted under our feet, and while my hope is in God alone, I fear that the shift has created tsunami-style ripples that will be our ruin. Those comparisons you made in your “Maybe…” paragraph show the character faults that underlie it all.