As today was September the 10th (a Saturday) we had to put together a bulletin and bulletin cover for our AM services tomorrow, Sept. 11th.

In my frustration I decided to do a Google search on “patriotism as worship” and yours was the only article on the entire Web that got a hit on that exact phrase. I am gratified to see someone else’s mind has run in the same track as my own.
For the very reason you cite in the introduction to the article, I have been reluctant to fight that battle. I keep wondering whether I should do it anyway … I can easily imagine a similar reaction among the congregation of the church I pastor.

My inward parts have been in knots for years during every Memorial Day and 4th of July pageantry I reluctantly tolerate, all the pomp and circumstance (and yes, worship of America) we indulge ourselves in. I’m getting to where I’m beginning to tick some people off because of my lack of enthusiasm for this nationalistic idolatry.

Thanks for saying it well.

EDWD