Tea Party Groups struggle with purity, other agendas, human frailty

This letter is from a member of the Tea Party organization I started out with on April 15, 2009.  It was started by a woman from a communist country who was able to become a legal American citizen. Through her experience, she sees the path of American going down the same road that had taken her homeland away from her.

I have watched  this organization disintegrate due to "egos".  They had no higher calling....just a calling to get a little power and press.  Until we all show humility and gratitude for the blessings we have from our Creator, and commit to his principals.....which by the way have evolved from societies committing the same atrocities for thousands of years, we will never have peace.  Whether you are Bible believing or not, the wisdom from that book speaks to every human frailty and what happens when people don't exercise self-discipline or humility.  These are universal truths not only reflected in the Christian heritage, but others as well.  The founders of this country took those histories, and through the inspiration and study of many civilizations and philosophies, designed a government based on a plan to avoid the path of so many failed civilizations.  This was probably the first time that men could study and plan a country with so many protections for the individual.  Those who say the Constitution and principles of the US are outdated, are not students of history or philosophy, and show their limited mindset of instant gratification......not what is needed for the future of our children.   It greatly saddens me that even those with the best of intentions stumble while trying to stand up to faux Americans.


My fellow Patriots,
In Ester 4:14, we are told how the Jewess Ester, who miraculously had been elevated to Queen of Persia, was challenged by her cousin to risk her life for her people with the following words: “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Our history tells us that our founders in effect saw themselves as Esters; they appreciated that God had placed them in America “for such a time as this”. They understood their primary responsibility as human beings was to glorify God and they believed God placed them in America at that particular time to build a nation based on Biblical principles, on our God given “unalienable rights”. To establish a government that would guarantee freedom for them and their posterity to worship and glorify God to the maximum extent.

To this noble effort, our founders pledged their “Lives,…Fortunes and … sacred Honor.” They exercised remarkable discipline in keeping their focus on the objective, finding ways (which undoubtedly were often most painful and difficult) to accommodate their differences in the interest of their higher goal. In their success, our founders specifically and repeatedly acknowledged that their achievement was due solely to the Divine hand of Providence. It takes little time to find a plethora of quotes from virtually every founder giving the glory to God for the great things He had done.

Our founders provide the role model for the Tea Party movement. We are seeking the same objectives as our founders; except that rather than establish such a government we seek to restore it. We must recognize that we too are Esters; that we also have been placed where we are “for such a time as this”. If we are to succeed, we, like our founders, must absolutely believe and trust that God will honor our efforts and that only God can bring us success. We must place God, not ourselves, at the center and as the foundation of our movement.

But we have an additional burden that our founders did not face, for our nation has wandered far from God’s grace. Our culture is corrupt, we murder the most innocent, are selfishly focused on our own prosperity instead of our posterity and many deny God’s supremacy. This is a totally different state of affairs than that existed at the time of the Revolution; a situation that requires us not only to be Esters but to plead for God’s forgiveness. We must, as stated in 2 Chronicles 7:14 humble ourselves, and pray, and seek God’s face, and turn from our wicked ways; for only then will God hear from heaven, and will forgive our sin, and will heal our land. We need God more now that possibly any other time in our nation’s history.

The governance crisis at the NHTPP is an indication that our Tea Party, to a certain extent, lost its way. We are failing the trust God has placed in our hands “for such a time as this” by allowing our personal differences to dictate our actions rather that keeping the higher goal as our objective and trusting God’s providential leadership. And, to the extent we continue down this path, we will surely fail.

If any one of us was perfect, we would not need a Savior. We cannot expect perfect leadership or perfect wisdom. But we need to learn to be eternally grateful for the imperfect individuals God raises up among us who have the talent and willingness to sacrifice huge amounts of time, energy and resources for our cause; a cause I trust we all believe is in keeping with God’s will. We need to work on patience, forgiveness and humility. And we need to seek God’s guidance to find ways of using our differences to strengthen our movement, by finding ways of working together in spite of our personal differences.

I personally don’t care what the details are that led to the governance crisis being faced by the NHTPP. Unless there is malfeasance, which would have to be dealt with, these details serve no value other than stirring up animosity. It takes two to quarrel, and both sides undoubtedly have what they consider legitimate arguments to support their positions. Mistakes have certainly been made; things said that one might wish could be retracted. But this happens in all human endeavors and leaders need to be able to rise above these differences in the interest of the greater goal. Leaders need to be able find the way to hold the group together; since we are clearly stronger united than divided. But for this to happen, leaders must in good faith be seeking reconciliation in every situation. Just as in a successful marriage, Boards need to operate under the assumption that reconciliation is the only option; that a solution is always possible.

I attended a meeting today with the NHTPP Board with the objective of achieving reconciliation. I must sadly report that the Board has no interested in even discussing reconciliation. They adamantly believe NHTPP can continue successfully without the leader who started the organization and guided it into one of the most successful Tea Parties in the nation. Did Suzanne do this alone? Certainly not! Did members of the Board contribute to this success? Absolutely; as did many others! It has taken all the resources God has provided for NHTPP to be as successful as it has. And the fact that this Board is unwilling to do everything possible to preserve those resources and avoid the unquestionable weakening of our Tea Party a rupture will cause, leads me to the conclusion that they are not the kind of leaders that emulate the standards established by our founders; standards that we must follow as the model for our movement to be successful. Further, and most importantly, the fact that they were unwilling to focus on prayer as the center of their deliberation at this most trying time was clearly indicative of a different perspective from that of our founders on God’s central role in our effort to reclaim America. The Board’s hearts appear hardened and they are determined to continue down the path they have initiated which separates the leadership of our Tea Party from the corporate entity that controls at least the NHTPP name, money and some of the resources. There appears to be nothing WE THE PEOPLE, who thought this was our Tea Party, can do about it.

Given this situation, I am regretfully disassociating myself immediately from the NHTPP. To the extent it is necessary, I hereby resign as Chaplain. I do not plan any further interaction with NHTPP and will not attend any future NHTPP events. I will not attend the announced meeting this coming Tuesday since, as stated above, I see no merit in hearing one side of a story; perpetuating and exacerbating an increasingly emotional, ugly and unfortunate situation.

I am still committed to the restoration of America to its Constitutional foundations. But I will seek other paths where my contribution will be within the context of the God centered model provided by our founders.
God bless you and God bless America,




Saturday, May 8, 2010



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