By Steve Brawner
© 2023 by Steve Brawner Communications, Inc.
Americans don’t do a good job of celebrating their holidays, including the one happening today.
Christmas has become less about remembering Christ’s birth and more about buying and busyness. Memorial Day is less about honoring the fallen and more about backyard barbecues. Thanksgiving’s purpose is included in its name. We instead often call it “Turkey Day” because of what we might eat.
In all of these holidays, we often become so focused on activities and consumption that we neglect to reflect on what we’re actually celebrating.
Now comes Independence Day, which like Thanksgiving is popularly called another name, the Fourth of July, that obscures the holiday’s purpose. A first-time visitor probably would think Americans shoot fireworks this time of year for some vague patriotic reason. Continue reading Happy Independence Day to those fighting for theirs