What America Means: It’s In Our Culture!
Revival. Renewal. Resurgence. The Golden Age.… These are the words describing what’s happening in the United States of America. People are awakening. They’re remembering the “Permanent Things”. They’re longing for common sense. Basic Goodness. Faith, Family, ‘Groundedness’, and the Liberty to protect and keep them.
Leftism has been tried.... Again. (It never really dies.) Whatever they call themselves—progressives, leftists, democratic socialists, Marxists or Communists—they creep in, poison our institutions, infect young and old with anger, fear and confusion, and divide families and friends. We’ve seen what Leftism offers (even promising vapid ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’)—but the people are over it.
What people DO want is powerfully explained in an article by Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, “America’s Golden Age: A Return to the Permanent Things”.
It’s what AZ Women of Action determined was needed most in such a time as this—Reminding Americans to re-build what we mean by ‘America’. What birthed our Republic and has saved our nation these 249 years?—it’s the American Culture. A unique culture grounded in timeless (permanent), universal principles: human dignity, liberty, responsibility, moral virtue, God, family, national sovereignty and others.
As Roberts says, “The Left fails (because) they build utopias on a foundation of sand”, as opposed to “conservativism, rightly equipped and ordered,” … which endures “because it begins with the created order and ends in the common good.”
We’ve come close to losing “the good life” and common sense. G.K. Chesterton warned, “Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things”. But we have remembered! And we ARE Re-Building!
Conservatives often disengage until election time, but this is a HUGE mistake. Citizens must consistently engage and guard our blessed liberty. Listen to Benjamin Franklin: “It’s a republic … if you can KEEP it.” As Roberts puts it, “Politics alone, then, is not enough. It is not enough to win elections if we lose the culture. It is not enough to pass laws if we do not form souls.”
Culture drives politics. Culture protects our institutions, like family, free enterprise, education, churches, local communities and neighborhoods. To revive the ‘permanent things’ and usher in the Golden Age, we must drive hearts back to remember the meaning of America, the roots of our culture.
This is one reason AZ Women of Action started our program, S.A.L.T. (Strategically Advancing Love & Truth). We are reviving the tradition of community—the We The People--who connect with each other, as well as to the permanent things that guard the common good. (Contact us to learn how YOU can connect with, or start, a SALT group. It’s simple to do and meets once a month. See and share this video explaining SALT.)
Again, to quote Roberts: “After decades of cultural erosion and spiritual confusion, Americans are waking up to truths that were nearly forgotten: that human beings are made for community, not consumption. That children are a blessing, not a burden. That truth exists, and it can be known. That to be free, we must be good. This awakening isn’t theoretical. It is taking shape all around us—in families, in towns, in churches, and in our hearts.”
Yes, it is! And SALT is made for this awakening of the people! SALT is made to Strategically Advance Love & Truth—in towns, churches, coffee shops and living rooms across America.
Enjoy and celebrate this 249th Birthday of American Independence! Talk with your family and friends about what America Means, and WHY it’s worth continuing to fight for—because continue, we must!
These are some great videos and resources for your Independent’s Day celebrations:
PragerU videos for adults and kids
Hillsdale College online courses
Patriot Academy courses
Happy Independence Day, from your friends at Arizona Women of Action!