No Loss for Words

Happy New Year Everyone! It is great to kick off a new year because 2010 really sucked. There is no doubt that 2010 will go down as one of the worst for my family. I expect the new year to be better, not just for us, but for everyone else as well.

I took a break from blogging and politics for most of 2010 while I worked to get things back on track for my family. I never lacked thoughts about what was happening in the political realm, but I just wasn’t able to either comment online or participate directly.

As the Tea Party overwhelmed the political scene and carried our country back to the right, I was cheering from the sidelines. I am guardedly optimistic about our chances in the coming election cycles. The ultimate outcome will be dependent upon our vigilance and dedication to the cause of preserving the America most of us will want to call home.

In my view, the stakes are really high as we work to reverse the course our country is on. Apathy on the part of the citizenry has allowed our government to put in place rules and regulations that don’t just threaten our property rights at a local level but work at every higher level to incrementally strip away our constitutional rights a little at a time to the point where we will all wake up one morning and find that our country will have been changed forever.

One factor I intend to investigate over the coming months is the relationship Christian faith or loss of faith with the advancement of the progressive movement.

I have to say at the outset that I was raised in a Christian family of the Methodist persuasion so I have the foundation of Christian upbringing. But as I got older, it became easier to rationalize why I made choices if I didn’t have to worry about my church holding me accountable.

I lived a reasonably honorable and ethical life, I just didn’t rely upon my faith to test or justify my every move. My brother has suggested that if I don’t get into heaven it will be because I don’t actively profess my faith in our Christian God and accept Jesus Christ as my savior.

All I can say at this time is that I am working on it.

I am certain that as our country has migrated away from our Christian roots our prospects as a country have been severely hampered.

My goal is to explore my normal beats in government and politics and comment on them as I do but I will also share my journey of rediscovery of my faith.

Oh and along the way, I will even mix in a word or two about conditions in the real estate and housing market since I am now an associate with Century 21 North Homes Realty in Snohomish.

So let’s get on with a great 2011.