MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.
A prayer
you can carry.
“Make America Godly Again” begins with how we live.
Pastor David Vogel
The Godly Shark
Proudly from New Hampshire
I have six children. Six people with their own hopes, their own struggles, and their own lives to build.
When I pray for America, I think about the world they inherit. I want them to live among people who tell the truth, honor their commitments, protect the vulnerable, and answer for the power they hold.
That is what “Make America Godly Again” means to me.
I grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. I went into rare coins and became the number-one salesman at Heritage Auctions within about nine months. I spent years explaining why a beautiful object could carry a story someone wanted to keep.
Today, at sixty-six, I am an ordained minister. For more than three years, I have shared live sermons six mornings a week. Now those mornings begin beside the ocean at Hampton Beach.
“The words I ask you to wear are words I want to live.”
I pray. I walk. I work. I ask what I can build that puts my convictions into practice.
This YSE pendant brings those parts of my life together: beautiful jewelry, faith, love of country, and responsibility toward children.
I have chosen Paul Hutchinson’s Child Liberation Foundation for YSE’s charitable pledge. Its work against child trafficking and toward survivor recovery gives that pledge a purpose I care about deeply.
A child who has been harmed deserves adults who believe them, care for them, and help them recover. Standing up for women and girls asks something of us: respect their dignity, take their safety seriously, and put compassion into action.
If these words express your conviction too, I would be pleased to help you carry them close to your heart.
Pastor David Vogel