memorial day

Interesting read here on American churches and American patriotism, using Memorial Day as a context.

I had some conversation almost a year ago with a [now former] Calvary member. She was quite perturbed that our worship on July 4, 2010, did not include patriotic elements. It didn't and should not have and won't in the future.

I appreciate our freedoms and those who serve to protect them, and those sacrificed for them. One of those freedoms is to worship without civic or nationalist or other encumbrances. As long as I have anything to say about it, we will use that freedom on Sunday mornings.