Don’t Let Politics Hold the Troops Hostage

It’s mid-October 2025. The leaves are turning, daylight is shrinking, and Washington, D.C., remains locked in a standoff. Congress never passed its funding bills. The government is shut. We’re now on Day 16 (if you’re keeping score). The halls of power echo with partisan recriminations, press releases, and the occasional soundbite about “who’s to blame.”…

The Idol of Government: When We Trust the State More Than God

The government’s closed, the paychecks are paused, and somewhere between the Capitol and the cable news crawl, panic is setting in. Federal workers are anxious, politicians are grandstanding, and Americans everywhere are discovering just how much of their daily peace depends on whether Congress passes a spending bill. But this shutdown — messy as it…