Whether your candidate won or lost their bid for office, we all have work to do that transcends the divide we’ve created. While it’s easy to think about how that work should be done by the elected officials in our state and federal offices, in reality, that work starts with the person in the mirror.
Tag: Politics
Political Witness and the Way of Jesus Part 2: Assimilation, Fortification, or Incarnation?
Citizens of God’s Kingdom are intended to be present in addressing socio-political issues of poverty, injustice, hunger, other issues, while also being present to address real spiritual bondage, and the freedom and flourishing available in Jesus. You can’t do that by bowing up and making enemies out of neighbors, blending in and becoming no different than the system, or hiding out and becoming irrelevant to everyone other than those in your bubble. Jesus’ witness of “withness” is a better way.
Political Witness and the Way of Jesus. Part 1: The Downside of Domination
Yes, we are called to take a stand, but how and against whom we make that stand makes a difference.
A False Dichotomy Gone Viral
Why none of us should settle for the false dichotomy between denying the danger of Covid-19 and promoting panic over Covid-19.
Praying for the President?
Regardless of which lever you pull in the voting booth, if you claim to follow Jesus, the practice of selective prayer is an act of disobedience.
Of Walls and Borders: Pt. 2 – Financial Concerns
Are immigrants a fiscal drain on public resources? In addition to the job concerns raised in my previous post, immigration specialist and devout Christian, James R. Edwards,…… Read more “Of Walls and Borders: Pt. 2 – Financial Concerns”
I prayed, “How long, O Lord?” He answered, “Until you change.”
We will see change not when we merely talk, advocate, lobby, demand, or offer prayers that others change. Only when we take responsibility to embody the changes we seek will anything actually change.
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