Our only hope may be to quietly withdraw into like-minded conservative communities, keeping the best of our history alive and passing it along to our children.
And, practical skills! We risk it all if we forget how to churn butter, shoe a horse, weave fabric, etc.
12/7/2014, 7:53:03 PM by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
In this fast-paced, reflective novel, (the second in a trilogy following Strangers and Sojourners) Michael O'Brien presents the dramatic tale of a family that finds itself in the path of a totalitarian government. Set in the near future, the story describes the rise of a police state in North America in which every level of society is infected with propaganda, confusion and disinformation. Few people are equipped to recognize what is happening because the culture of the Western world has been deformed by a widespread undermining of moral absolutes.
Against this background, the Delaney family of Swiftcreek, British Columbia, is struck a severe blow when the father of the family, the editor of a small newspaper which dares to speak the truth, is arrested by the dreaded Office of Internal Security. His older children flee into the forest of the northern interior, accompanied by their great-grandfather and an elderly priest, Father Andrei. Their little brother Arrow also becomes a fugitive as the government seeks to remove any witnesses, and eradicate all evidence of its ultimate goals.
As O'Brien draws together the several strands of the story into a frightening yet moving climax, he explores the heart of growing darkness in North America, examining events which have already occurred. The reader will take away from this disturbing book a number of urgent questions: Are we living in the decisive moment of history? How dire is our situation? Do we live in pessimistic dread, or a Christian realism founded on hope? This is a tale about the victory of the weak over the powerful, courage over terror, good over evil, and, above all, the triumph of love.
Thanks for the link to Michael O’Brien’s book. It is going on my “must read” list. I am interested in the trilogy, thanks to your post.
Wish I could convince my adult children that the “carnival” will end, and the rides will come to a grinding halt. But, they are mesmerized, corporatized, and running on the hamster wheel of progress.
I am now a “generation past” in their eyes, which roll whenever I mention 18 trillion dollar deficits, and unfunded debts of over 100 trillion - beyond imagination. I have learned not to mention the quadrillion in derivatives, hedge funds, or any of that “icky” stuff they are too busy to consider.
Feeling a bit discouraged tonight, and wondering how long “TPTB” can keep all the plates spinning in the air?
Red Dawn on steroids!