For Our Children

     The American Dream is said to be the material comfort of wealth and power, the opportunity for prosperity and success regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. Maybe it’s the notion that our social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual. I think not.
     I think the American Dream is more. It is rooted in the Declaration of Independence which admirably states that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights such as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
     What about these conceits? Such things cannot be touched or obtained with money. They must be felt, experienced, and treasured. It’s the very nature of man to yearn to be free. Is this not the American Dream promised to us all?
     I am a Christian-American. I am an immigrant in a nation founded by immigrants. I live with one foot in this world and one in the next. Please, do not categorize me with labels of this world. It means nothing to me. I am an American Spirit. I am one of us.
     I am part of a miracle. America is an experiment in freedom the likes the world has never seen before. We have so much to be grateful for, so many advantages. However, miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again.
     Therefore, I have authored a novel to fight for the American Dream, to explore the current political, economic, and religious challenges of our day, politically to tell the life story of a President of the United States, John Henry, economically, his efforts to turn the country around and eliminate the sixteen trillion in debt, and religiously to answer the prayer of millions of our children and America's primary role in the world for our own salvation.
     This novel is called "For Our Children" and will be available for your kindle at BarnesandNoble.com and WestbowPublishing.com in November 2012.