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Keep It Solid, Keep It Civil, And Keep It Simple

People blog for many reasons, but I write to influence people. Blogging for me is the first step in pursuing a plan to try to change things. Over a year ago, a friend approached me with a desire to join our resources to address concerns that we both saw as threatening the future of our country and of the faith we share. I spent nearly 15 years in radio and my entire adult life in serving people. We talked about writing and broadcasting, about the ideas that we regard as sina qua non, the basics without which we have nothing. To a great extent, we share with many Americans a desire to restore the bedrock of our heritage of freedom and faith expressed freely. I have begun writing about some of those basics on this site. Let’s say that one objective is to “ Keep it solid ”—truth, absolutes, basic essential ideas, bedrock. I have invested a big part of my last 25 years in Biblical peacemaking. By that, I refer to resolving interpersonal conflict using Scriptural principles and the