a word on the national conventions

I am against abortion, but realize that for decades Republicans and Democrats have been light years away from each other in the conversation.  I don’t think God intended a man to have a sexual relationship with another man, but realize that holding a sign or saying something from a church pulpit isn’t going to change the state of things.  I think being able to visit a doctor is one of the rights of being a human, but realize that right can and is unused and misused.  I think public education is where 98% of our tax dollars should go, even if that means my taxes pay for children whose parents can’t (or don’t) pay taxes.  

There are many, MANY more issues that both Obama and McCain will address, but ultimately my hope for my future, the future of my kids and wife, EVEN the future of our nation, rests in Jesus Christ.

All the conventions did, in my opinion, was drive people who have to live next door to each other further apart.  As much as some of my friends and peers might hate me saying this, I don’t care who wins the election, although I will cast a vote.

What I do care about is that people I come in contact with begin to experience their lives more and more in a reality that is only found in placing hope in the creator of their souls.  I care that broken relationships are restored; that injustices, both individually and corporately, begin to be remedied; that lives are lived with the expectation that they matter here and eternally.

I just really think that the only candidate worth investing my time in never wore a suit, never used a microphone, never raised campaign money, never read a tele-prompter for a speech, and never cared much for governments or earthly kingdoms.  I doubt, though, that anyone is going to be casting a vote for a Jewish rabbi…