Brian’s Reflection: Monday, November 19, 2007


Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent,
a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal ….. It is for us the living ….. to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced
….. that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth.

- President Abraham Lincoln, at Gettysburg, on this day, 1863

God knows that I do not trust any politician - unless I have had very ample reason. And God knows that I would be loath to connect any political statement to a theological virtue.

But.

The Kingdom of God is a community in which all human beings are members. In It, all who govern do so solely for the purpose of building the community of Love. In It, the common, equal, and non-discriminatory welfare of the People is the grounding principle. In It, the benefit of the people according to God’s Compassion and Justice rules.

Lincoln was right in his vision of the American purpose. Lincoln, and present politicians, may have their own view of what this means. But God’s purpose is, I believe, clear.

Do not vote for anything less.

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