Rediscovering America's Spiritual Foundations: The Founders' Quill Launches This President's Day - Founding Fathers Faith

In 1776, a printer and pamphleteer named Thomas Paine released a forty-seven-page document that would ignite a revolution. "Common Sense" wasn't just political commentary—it was a clarion call to a nation on the brink of transformation. Paine wrote it because he saw a disconnect between what people inherently knew to be true and the systems that

governed their lives. He articulated what many felt but couldn't express: that self-evident truths demanded action.

Today, we face a similar disconnect. We talk about returning to foundational values, about reclaiming what made America exceptional. But here's the uncomfortable truth: most of us don't actually know what those values are. We haven't studied them. We've forgotten them. How can we return to ideals we've never truly understood?

Exploring Founding Fathers Faith and Values

The Founding Fathers didn't just create a political system. They wove together convictions about faith, family, individual responsibility, and humanity's relationship with the Creator into the fabric of a new nation. Their thoughts on spirituality informed their ideas about government. Their understanding of human nature shaped their vision for society. Their beliefs about the divine influenced how they viewed individual liberty and civic duty.

These aren't abstract historical curiosities. They're living ideas that shaped the most successful experiment in self-governance the world has ever seen.

That's why we're launching The Founders' Quill this President's Day 2026—a weekly series that rediscoveres what the Founding Fathers actually thought, believed, and practiced. We'll explore their writings on Founding Fathers faith and the role of religion in public life. We'll examine their understanding of family as the cornerstone of civilization. We'll investigate how they believed individuals should relate to their communities, their government, and their God.

This isn't hero worship or blind nostalgia. It's an honest exploration of the spiritual and philosophical foundations that undergirded the American founding. Some of what we discover will challenge us. All of it will teach us.

We need common sense now more than ever. But common sense requires common ground—shared understanding of the principles that unite us.

Subscribe now to be notified when The Founders' Quill launches this President's Day. Join us in rediscovering the ideas that shaped a nation and exploring how they speak to our moment in history.