It's not about "them", it's about us

In the church, and in civic leadership, we cannot point to our leaders and blame them for all of our problems. Nor can we elevate individuals to hero-, or Savior-, status and expect them to deliver us.

Our problem is not partisanship or ideology. It is not "right" or "left". It's not even arrogance in our leaders or lack of integrity. 

Our challenge is personal and individual. 

We must aggressively drive out apathy and re-instill a sense of personal mission and destiny. This will only happen if we reignite our personal passion for God and our sense of gratitude and appreciation for the gift of liberty and the responsibility of freedom. 

Short of this, we are destined for disappointment, and failure, and in jeopardy of losing what we claim to prize the most. 

More on this later ...