Friday, June 23, 2023

Advocacy & Atta’ Boys: Recent Letter-Writing Samples

Our two letter-writing parties last Tuesday involved 9 Christians who produced 92 cards and letters as part of our commitment to be, as the Lord commanded, “salt and light” in the world.  As is the case with every quarterly letter-writing event sponsored by Vital Signs Ministries, the advocacy we emphasize includes sanctity of life, religious freedom, and other indispensable moral values. And yes; given the insanity and coercive nature of the “woke” movement in recent years, we address this as well. Finally, we always take time to write “the good guys” in business, politics, and Christian ministry with appropriate messages of thanks, encouragement, and promises of ongoing prayers and support.

Want more details? Well, I’m going to print just a few of the brief letters from Tuesday’s parties below in hopes they might stimulate you to say some prayers and even write a few letters of your own. And then, if you’d like to check out the “subject sheets” we handed out Tuesday, you can find them on the Vital Signs Ministries website. Just click the June 2023 Letter-Writing Guide under our Taking Action section.

Okay? Here’s those sample letters.

1) To the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,

Alas, your approval of the dangerous drug mifepristone was one of the most tragic mistakes in your existence. And, as you know, you had to break your own rules of health and science to do so. You are protecting abortion – not human health & lives.

2) To Republican National Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel…

Dear Mrs. McDaniel,

What a wonderful “breath of fresh air” you have been for the party. We especially are encouraged by your defense of the preborn and your wise counsel to other Republicans to do the right thing. For when carefully, calmly explained, pro-life is a winning strategy. Thank you.

3) To Target,

I would have thought big companies would have learned from the disaster of Bud Light’s campaign and they would have been more circumspect in what they try to push down the throats of their customers. Well, the customers are speaking up and walking away. Apologize and chage your sale tactics if you want to see people come to your store again.

4) Attention Kohl’s CEO,

I was a faithful shopper at Kohl’s. I would like you to omit participating in any “Pride” collection at your stores. As long as your “woke” ideologies continue, I will not return to your stores.

5) To the Director of Samaritan’s Purse & the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,  Franklin Graham

Dear Franklin,

I so appreciate you calling sin, sin no matter who it pertains to. I agree with you that none of us are better than anyone else, but instead are better off as a result of Jesus Christ being our Lord and Savior. I love what God is doing through your ministry. So many are majorly blessed as the Good News is preached to all the world. My deepest prayer is for God’s blessing of protection on you as well as His anointing. May His glory fall all over this messed up world.

6) To Wendy’s management,

Really? Flying a “Pride” flag at your corporate offices and thus offending (quite unnecessarily) a good deal of your customer base? Bad move. And until you get back to the basics (i.e., burgers and shakes) and away from the leftist “woke” ideology, we’re no longer using your restaurants.

7) To the Essential Pregnancy Services staff,

Thank you all for what you are doing and will do in protecting human life. We love the new facility the Lord provided for you. When we are praying at Planned Parenthood, we are encouraged by your waves and smiles. May the Lord bless you all!

8) To the Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, John Arch

Dear Senator Arch,

Thank you! Thank you! Your leadership in the Unicameral this past session was outstanding. You sure had some tough fights on your watch, but you handled them well. There will be more babies saved in Nebraska because of the passage of LB574. Blessings.

--------  And finally, I close out these latest in our sample letters with one I sent to 21 federal agencies who have, in various ways, gone out of their way to unfairly embrace “wokeness.”  

9) To the directing officers of the U.S. Justice Department,

I write as a taxpaying citizen who has a lifetime love for the historic ideals of America’s founding fathers to politely (but firmly) protest your participation in “Pride Month” and other tax-funded endorsements of homosexual and LGBTQ lifestyles. I believe your actions are irresponsible, unnecessarily divisive, and morally offensive to the majority of Americans and so I appeal to you to end your inappropriate use of taxpayer monies to “celebrate” such activities. 

After all, government agencies are already woefully underperforming in their primary purposes. Indeed, many are abjectly failing in their duties. Therefore, to spend time and money on the advocacy of ideological “woke movements” which, by their very nature, tend to unravel our already tenuous social bonds, ensures that your agency will continue to fall behind in what you owe the American people.

Please, get back to the work that you’re supposed to be doing.

Rev. Denny Hartford
Omaha, Nebraska