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Here are some thoughts as we move into “prepare for school” month:
1. Unity during the election season
Our inaugural Gubernatorial Forum was a resounding success! OK, I might be slightly overstating the case but I don’t think I am overstating it by much. Every candidate for Governor on the August ballot was invited. Only two did not respond. Over 200 Minnesotans participated in the respectful manner requested. Only a few displayed their juvenile behavior and thanks to the excellent work of our “security team” the vulgar juveniles were identified and, ultimately, removed from the forum.
This is the only forum I know of that included both party’s candidates plus the independent write-in. I think this was an excellent educational forum so that Minnesotans could hear from those who have really been given no voice, along with some of the leading candidates going into the August 11 primary elections.
I hope this was valuable enough to all that it can become a regular part of our primary process going forward. Stay tuned for the possibility of a gubernatorial debate after the primaries and before early voting for the November elections begin.
This leads me to a request from me to you, our Restore MN “family,” as representatives of the Lord and Restore Minnesota: As I have paid attention to some of the ongoing “conversations” during this election season, I am both excited and grieved by some of the banter. I am excited for the passion you display regarding the issues that resonate deeply within you. Sometimes we can all be a little overboard but I would much rather try to manage a blaze than attempt to light a fire with wet matches and water-soaked wood.
The grief, on the other hand, is when we allow our emotions to control our need to be right. I see this happening in discussions revolving around whose campaign one might be supporting as well as the perceived fiasco again at a state convention. I say “perceived” only because I was out of state speaking at a conference and was receiving a multitude of text messages providing updates regarding the proceedings or lack thereof. The texts themselves revealed a variety of opinions as to what was really going on there.
It is at these times, when we carry strong opinions, that our faith in Christ and our love for our brothers and sisters must supersede our emotions. So, please, before allowing ourselves to find that we are behaving no better than the unsaved world, let’s think through our emotions, language and responses when communicating with and/or about one another.
2. FliptheFlag.com
Let’s maintain the fire and create a statewide blaze with our “Flip the Flag” initiative. All we are asking of community leaders is to ask their constituents which flag they prefer. At least 50% of Minnesotans want the old flag. They do not like the manner in which the new state flag was imposed on us, much less the fact most don’t like the new flag’s design and subliminal messaging. Let’s find them and help them engage.
Go to your Community Action Teams and create strategies to reach out with our Flip the Flag materials (see wwwFliptheFlag.com) to your city councils, school boards, businesses or anywhere you see the new flag flying. Let’s be the tip of the spear to Flip the Flag! Let’s not back down. Instead, let’s pick up the pace.
I don’t like it when an elected official wants to use his office to threaten Minnesota communities with a 10% fine because he didn’t get his way. That, too, is juvenile at best, communistic tyranny at worst. Let’s go after it!
3. Please be sure to make good use of Rick Green’s Patriot Academy material - personally or in your Community Action Team.
Rick, his family, and his team, at great personal cost and expense, have continued to provide premier materials for America that educates us with the truth of America’s founding, countering the lies, deceptions, and revisions of those who would change us at our very core. It is up to us to stand and defend our nation, and the God-centered truth about our nation’s history.
Go to www.RestoreMN.org and click on the banner linking you to Patriot Academy and some key foundational courses that can be accessed online at no charge!
Stand for Freedom! Stand for Faith! Stand for your Family! Get started with a Rick Green/Patriot Academy course today!
4. Join us at the Minnesota State Capitol this Saturday, August 8, from 10:30 – noon outside in the Upper Mall for another Church In The Capitol!
God bless you and God bless America!
Dale
Rev. Dale A. Witherington, Chief Steward
Restore Minnesota / Restore Minnesota ACTION
Dale@RestoreMN.org
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