I am sitting in my office this Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, thinking, how can I best honor the memory of those countless men and women who have sacrificed their precious lives in providing their military service for the benefit of those of us who are celebrating life in this great, God-blessed nation. Maybe one way will be to write this article for our next newsletter. On February 12, 2016, one of my student veterans at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, Robert Phelps submitted the required...

As promised in our April 2026 GWFW newsletter article “The Importance of Prudence in Leadership,” I wish to write about prudence in political and public life. You may wish to go back to that article. If you desire a copy of that article, please email or text GWFW and we will send it to you (Tom@godswordforwarriors.com; 615-430-3544). Why is prudence such an important issue in political and public life? First of all, good government is not just a matter of principle alone, of laws and...

[See Part 2: The Importance of Prudence HERE.] Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), a Dominican Philosopher and Theologian, a thirteenth-century European who reshaped Western philosophy as no other was noted for saying that prudence is the “Queen of Moral Virtues.” Of the cardinal virtues, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance, I would venture to say that Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they would degenerate into folly and excess. But what is prudence? Maybe it helps...