Mandeville, LA – Today’s Pile of Prep: most of the stories and research used to put together the Mike Church Show on the Veritas Radio Network’s CRUSADE Channel. The Holidays begin in earnest this week with the celebration of Thanksgiving. Listeners will learn today that the origin of the Thanksgiving celebration comes from Catholics in...Read More

NOTE- This essay was originally published on 24 Nov, 2014 Mandeville, LA  – We will all hear a lot about Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation of 1789 and how this holiday has its roots in the Christian tradition. While this is true and not the point of this post it’s still worth noting. Let me get to...Read More

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - George Washington issued proclamations that led to Thanksgiving and the National Day of Prayer, the latter of which did not sit well with Jimmy Madison. After the Convention, Madison developed a "hands off" view of the National Government as it relates to religion. In the early days,...Read More