I’m always grateful to be close to my wife and son this time of year. I’m also grateful for the truth of my Lord and Savior, and the timeless story of His birth. To this day, it still softens my often brittle soul. But this year, and as my boy is now a teenager, I do have a selfish Christmas prayer, and it goes like this…

Lord, as we pause with family and friends once more to remember Your miraculous birth, I pray You may provide wisdom and courage to our leaders, and to the misguided of our country. May they no longer be blind to the unique and true beginnings of this great nation, or set aside those values and foundations made possible by the very God-given freedom so many seem to take for granted more and more each day. I pray Your love will break down the barriers thrown up by the evil one, and that common sense, accountability, and faith, will return to America, before she is forever hobbled by the ultimately fatal disease of political correctness. Amen…

Merry Christmas my friends…