All is well said. I appreciate also your comments for Christians.
Whenever we enter these inflammatory elections like these, I am reminded that the church must/should also talk about politics. Yes, I suppose to some degree we talk about politics as we are given them from our world. But I am reminded that we also believe in kingdom politics. Jesus came and established a kingdom with a completely different political system/thinking. Kingdom politics don't lie, they don't climb over others to achieve their goals. Kingdom politics leads Christ to a cross. Kingdom politics are looking out for the interests of others rather than yourself. Kingdom politics wash disciples feet. Kingdom politics rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.
And yet, keeping kingdom politics in view, we grieve the brokenness of our current political system. We understand it will not ever be what it should be. And yet, as Christian, we vote and pray for things to be on earth as they are in heaven. Remembering the fullness of that prayer won't be a reality until all things are made right.
Amen to all of this. Excited to hang out and talk and also play a game of chess next time you’re around. Have some thoughts here I want to run by you, but definitely would be easier and more fun to do in person over a game of chess. Looking forward to that! Thanks so much for reading and see you soon
Thanks for the post. I appreciate the illustration. I posted signs for the LBJ-HHH election a few years ago. I was not of voting age. But, I have always been interested. I have never seen anything like this. I am quite happy there are still people willing to look carefully and respond not react.
Thanks so much for reading. It certainly feels like a unique moment we are in, I’ve only been of voting age for 4 POTUS elections now but I love hearing from my elders who have seen many more. As I mentioned in the post, the two most interesting things for me are #1 language/messaging and #2 strategy. It’s fascinating to see how these administrations and campaigns bob and weave, and what messaging they use to do it. An hour after I posted I saw the news Biden is “receptive” to the idea of stepping down. I almost sent another follow up post out real quick that would have said “Game over. Next player” 😂
All is well said. I appreciate also your comments for Christians.
Whenever we enter these inflammatory elections like these, I am reminded that the church must/should also talk about politics. Yes, I suppose to some degree we talk about politics as we are given them from our world. But I am reminded that we also believe in kingdom politics. Jesus came and established a kingdom with a completely different political system/thinking. Kingdom politics don't lie, they don't climb over others to achieve their goals. Kingdom politics leads Christ to a cross. Kingdom politics are looking out for the interests of others rather than yourself. Kingdom politics wash disciples feet. Kingdom politics rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.
And yet, keeping kingdom politics in view, we grieve the brokenness of our current political system. We understand it will not ever be what it should be. And yet, as Christian, we vote and pray for things to be on earth as they are in heaven. Remembering the fullness of that prayer won't be a reality until all things are made right.
Amen to all of this. Excited to hang out and talk and also play a game of chess next time you’re around. Have some thoughts here I want to run by you, but definitely would be easier and more fun to do in person over a game of chess. Looking forward to that! Thanks so much for reading and see you soon
Thanks for the post. I appreciate the illustration. I posted signs for the LBJ-HHH election a few years ago. I was not of voting age. But, I have always been interested. I have never seen anything like this. I am quite happy there are still people willing to look carefully and respond not react.
Thanks so much for reading. It certainly feels like a unique moment we are in, I’ve only been of voting age for 4 POTUS elections now but I love hearing from my elders who have seen many more. As I mentioned in the post, the two most interesting things for me are #1 language/messaging and #2 strategy. It’s fascinating to see how these administrations and campaigns bob and weave, and what messaging they use to do it. An hour after I posted I saw the news Biden is “receptive” to the idea of stepping down. I almost sent another follow up post out real quick that would have said “Game over. Next player” 😂
Very well said Jeff. Both the assessment of the situation and identifying our roles as Christians in this mess.
Thanks Jim!