Thursday, October 30, 2008

Political Frustrations

Shoot, now I just simply don't know who to vote fore.

It has been long enough, I can justify voting for Obama at this point. His policies just simply fall more in line with the Christianity that calls for social justice. The policy that he has that troubles me the most as with other Christians is his stance on abortion, he has essentially voted for infanticide they say, but he frames it as just being the natural progression of believing in a womans right to chose. It is interesting.

About the only "Christian" policy that McCain is his stance on abortion, at least a Christianity that I identify with.

But who says that Christians are even supposed to vote? Acting in humility might require full submission to God's will which might mean leaders that encourage persecution to us as Christians. I commonly find Christians who get their duty as an American to vote tied into their duty as a Christian to vote, but I don't really think they can be put in the same area. We have this mentality that the USA is some Christian nation and we as Christians need to make sure laws that favor us or God's law happen. I think those two things need to be separated, I am a Christian first not a Christian American or in some cases, an American Christian. I think the latter here is scary. I have seen some Christians essentially convince themselves that whoever is in power is in the best interests for Christianity. Now, I can't say for sure whether somebody is or not, but the process of somebody convincing themselves of this is placing an American identity over the identity that we are to have in Christ.

All in all, I will be voting, and I have selected a candidate. You might be able to guess who, but I'll leave you with a line from Mike Birbiglia...

"You'd be surprised..."

Thursday, October 9, 2008

I will stand up now...

and I will not step down.

I was doing my morning music devotion and I heard Stand Up by Everyday Sunday.

This reminded me of the whole start of this transformation. The reason I am more peaceful, more loving, and just more of somebody that I love and somebody that loves God in a different and radical way.

I worked at a "liberal" Lutheran Bible Camp, Camp Luther Crest. We sang this song for the staff musical. The song isn't important but the memories and the significance of it being the catalyst for the change in my life that is now!

I had a huge transformation from a "conservative" Christian who looked for fights with anybody on any silly little issue to, well...this!

You can swing by the blog I made while I was there to see the intense transformation I went!

http://lcbcsummer.blogspot.com/