No, Americans haven’t embraced socialism. Suffering people have given up on politics as usual.

By: Mark McCormick

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 777

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago


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A clergyman who had spent years in foreign missionary efforts once explained how the work — building housing, digging wells, feeding and clothing people — morphed into a Christian message.

Missionaries didn’t show up talking about Jesus and the Bible, he said. They busy themselves trying to meet the immediate needs of the people there. Otherwise, residents couldn’t hear their Christian witness.

Eventually, the people would finally exhale and ask, “Why would you travel here …

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