Monday, June 15, 2009

Team -- Livvy McDonald, J. Michael Sharman, and Esther Levens

Dear Saints,

If you are interested in contacting members of the One Nation Under God team, please email us at
nationaldayofprayer.va@gmail.com.
We will get back to you. Each of us is available to discuss the biblical roots of our nation through posts and on occasion through public appearance.

What brings us together here is our calling to communicate from a biblical perspective historically and contemporaneously those ideas and ideals that promote the preservation of Western Civilization. We do this not simply for humanitarian reasons, although those do exist. Rather, our posts reflect our passion for supporting what God supports, promoting what God promotes, and exposing what God abhors in order that correction may take place. We write in honor of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of the Holy Bible. "This blog is dedicated to discussions about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of the Holy Bible, the God made manifest in Christ Jesus, Our Lord. The moderator invites prayers and commentary on living to the glory of God right here amongst our daily pursuits."
Here is a little bit about us.

Olivia"Livvy" M. McDonald, Host Editor of One Nation Under God guest lectures nationally and internationally to communicate biblically-informed public policy options. She is author, Acknowledging God in the Decisions of State: A Biblically Informed Treatise on Public Policy for the Integration of Knowledge, Action, and Faith in the Exercise of Biblical Statesmanship; co-author, Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century; and, co-editor, Setting the Captives Free: A Compilation of Essays for the Abolition of Modern Slave Trade. Livvy McDonald has traveled internationally by invitation to serve as guest speaker in Eastern Europe speaking to representatives from Latvia, Russia, & Lithuania. She served as a speaker for the International Women's Summit by invitation of the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel. She is actively engaged in private ventures which include CADIPS Press, a division of Grace House Publishing. Over the past twenty years Livvy McDonald has successfully held a number of academic posts. She has instructed students who have gone on to assume strategic government roles in their respective nations. Livvy now serves as affiliated faculty for the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Latin American Studies, considered by experts in the field to be one of the two top centers for research on Latin America & Caribbean in the world.


J. Michael Sharman, Contributing Writer for One Nation Under God, has written Faith of the Fathers: Religion and Matters of Faith Contained in the Presidents' Inaugural Addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush and he has a work in progress, Endowed by Our Creator: Documentary Evidence of Our Christian Heritage. J. Michael served for five years on the Board of Directors for Washington Bible College and Capital Bible Seminary, and is on the Advisory Council for In Trust: The Magazine for Theological Education. As a lawyer par excellance, J. Michael won the largest sexual assault jury verdict in Virginia’s history, and the largest jury verdict in Virginia for the year 2005 on behalf of a 14 year-old sexual assault victim. He represents abused and neglected children as a guardian ad litem, but he also has a very active private practice as he helps children sue the persons who molested them.J. Michael has testified on constitutional and health care issues before seven different state legislative bodies in four states, and the legislation he wrote protecting religious and economic freedoms has been successfully passed into law in seven states.


Esther Levens is Founder and CEO of Unity Coalition for Israel and Guest Writer for One Nation Under God. A recent editorial comment reads, "The sudden burst of Christian pro-Israel activity did not emerge out of thin air, of course. It is the result of a lot of vision and hard work. Groups such as the Kansas-based Unity Coalition for Israel, which is run by the indefatigable Esther Levens, have brought together dozens of Christian and Jewish organizations across the U.S., literally mobilizing millions of people to press their elected representatives on Israel-related issues. Working through constituent groups such as Bridges for Peace and Christian Friends of Israel, the coalition has helped to educate numerous Americans about the importance of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship, and it has become a leading voice for Israel in the halls of power in Washington."
We invite your comments.