by RaShell Southerland | Dec 13, 2021 | Enumerated Powers
One evening I received a call on my old, out of date cell phone from my mobile phone company offering me an amazing deal. If I added a line to my plan, and committed to 2 more years of service, then they would give me a free, latest model iPhone! I had...
by RaShell Southerland | Dec 9, 2021 | Enumerated Powers
The first few words of the Preamble of our Constitution are likely familiar to us. Those famous words begin, “We the People of the United States…” We may even remember a popular (and very important!) line from the Declaration of Independence which asserts...
by RaShell Southerland | Nov 24, 2021 | R.E.C.I.P.E
Encourage is the “E” in R.E.C.I.P.E. What did you think about history class back in school? I am willing to bet your answer to that question has much to do with how the material was presented to you. If you had lists of dates and events to...
by RaShell Southerland | Nov 24, 2021 | R.E.C.I.P.E
Prayer is the “P” in R.E.C.I.P.E. Since even before our founding, we have always been a nation of prayer. Our forefathers understood that prayer was key to wisdom and God’s blessing. During our Constitutional Convention in 1787, when it seemed...
by RaShell Southerland | Nov 18, 2021 | Principles, Rights
Many times, people will speak with confidence about what they believe to be “Foundational” principles of our nation. They will often say those principles are the modern (false) idea of “Separation of Church and State”, or that our founders were Deists, or...