Rob Cattalani

I'd rather be outside.

[Jonathan Keeperman @L0m3z]

The Quarter Millenial creates a unique opportunity to reclaim our national self-understanding.

This is of vital importance and I urge @realDonaldTrump, @JDVance, and others to take this seriously.

The public mythos of America, our civil religious expression, as practiced in schools and in mainstream culture, has degraded into a story of regret and bitter self-effacement. We have become a nation of flagellants, but without the possibility of redemption. A perfect inversion of the City on a Hill. Our heroes have become villains; our triumphs, tragedies.

The protagonists in this current version of our story are the litany of the oppressed, and all told it amounts to little more than a blood libel against the great men, if humanly imperfect, who founded and made America.

There is great power and meaning in civic celebrations like the Quarter Millenial. This milestone is an opportunity to reset our national narrative and self-understanding, to reassert the prominence of certain heroes and episodes that have been maligned or neglected in recent decades.

Imagine art grants from the NEA for new monuments, perhaps 250 of them around the country, to celebrate and memorialize our history, as told by us. The great men and women who built and sacrificed and struggled and triumphed, not merely for nostalgia's sake, but as guiding symbols for a new generation of Americans dedicated to revitalizing our nation.

Imagine a revival of the Library of America via the NEH to publish a catalog of books, perhaps 250 volumes, curated by people who cherish rather than hold contempt for our legacy and traditions, works of great literature to tell the complete story of the American experience and reintroduce so much of the great writing that has been buried under the weight of petty political sensitivities.

Imagine art prizes, film festivals, theater, music, a true revival of the American spirit through creative undertakings, its optimism and courage. A celebration of the high and the good. A celebration of the strong and the aspirational. A celebration of the healthy and the capable.

I know there is a temptation to cut administrative spending wherever we can, and I assume public arts is an easy target for @elonmusk and others. But I want to encourage these decision makers to consider the possibilities here.

This will all be relatively cheap, but the impact will be profound and enduring. Opportunities like this do not come around often. People are begging for a reset. The mandate to Make America Great Again is ultimately a question of narrative. It is asking us to reach back into the past and reconstitute how we perceive ourselves. We do this by authoring our own story.

There are many great patriots who can be called to this task. We are standing back and standing by. 🫡

[Rob Cattalani @robcattalani]

@roddreher Interestingly a document that would not exist and have no grounding without the Bible.

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

One can say “Christ is King” and the Lord may say, “I never knew you.”

Christ did not come to establish political reign here on earth. He chastised the followers who asked it from Him, saying, “My Kingdom is not of this world.” It is not the Christian project to idolize social or political power, demanding special respect or position from others *because* “Christ is King.” In fact, this is the opposite. We are called to be salt and light, remembering that the Faith we possess is a gift given to us by God, one we do not deserve.

We are called to love, to serve, to share the Faith in word and deed, and to pick up our cross and follow Him, until we can enter His Eternal Kingdom.

[Browncroft Church @browncroft]

What a beautiful Sunday as Trisha Smith helped us explore Mary’s song, we celebrated baptism, we welcomed Ukraine DeafBridge friends, and more. May the joy of the Lord be yours today. May your heart sing! #joy #sing #advent #sunday

[David Brooks @DavidBrooks224]

If this isn’t on your twitter feed yet it needs to be.

[Rob Cattalani @robcattalani]

via @NYTOpinion
https://t.co/ll52dm6A40. One of the greatest writers of our time. If you’ve not read him, a great time to start.

[Rob Cattalani @robcattalani]

@nytdavidbrooks What if trump is not the disease but the antigen sent by the people to induce an immune response?

[Todd Wagner @wordsfromwags]

Good grief @RepAOC - The discussion is what is true. Just bc a particular religion lines up with truth (ie Thou shall not steal) doesn’t mean making stealing wrong is theocratic. It makes it smart, good, wise, necessary for human flourishing. Same is true in this case.

[Todd Wagner @wordsfromwags]

Friends…listen to @repmikejohhson ask this question.
Listen to the hesitation in her response.
Listen to her ultimate non answer- (she knows what abortion is)
Think about what you support if you support #abortion & understand why “full stop” should be your position not hers.

[Rob Cattalani @robcattalani]

https://t.co/sECP0kAqIz

[Alycia Wood @AlyciaWood88]

The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God

~C. S. Lewis

[ABC News @ABC]

A pregnant woman and her unborn child who were evacuated from a bombed children's hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, have died, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://t.co/sRfAbXa0Eg

[Matt Lieberman @social_brains]

This is not a photo from 1941. This is a photo from March 2022 with all the color taken out. So angry. So sad.

[Alycia Wood @AlyciaWood88]

Wow.

The reaction of so many people in Ukraine and globally to this Russian invasion melts my heart. The Ukrainians are showing us that even in injustice, WE can be just
💛💙 🇺🇦

#UkraineRussianWar #UkraineInvasion #Ukraine️

[Alycia Wood @AlyciaWood88]

Hearing her sing reminds me how connected we are as a human race. We are all one creation... Some of us just live in war 🥺😩

Bless her sweet little heart. 💛💙

#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussianWar #UkraineRussiaWar

[Alycia Wood @AlyciaWood88]

Good for her!! 😍

[Rob Cattalani @robcattalani]

Great opportunity! https://t.co/htprJR2Oyv

[Adam Chodak @AdamChodak]

Big life decision

(To all this @lenvbos says to God be the glory.)
@BuffaloBills

[Rob Cattalani @robcattalani]

In 2022, Christians Can Be Counterculturally Fearless. Good words for today. https://t.co/XGiCBpEL61

[Todd Wagner @wordsfromwags]

I have seen it.