This is not a political endorsement. Our tax exempt status doesn't allow that. However, I do endorse this message.
It's that time of year, politics, polls, pundits, partisanship, protests. While I can't endorse one candidate over the other I would like to share with you something I wrote to my personal family and friends list a few weeks ago.
"We are a nation, yes a world in protest about so many things. Angry at so many people and politicians and nations. Angry at each other - blue and red alike, East & West so far apart. Mad. Sweaty. Twisted & foul tongues. Addicted. Tattooed with our own agendas and perceptions across our arms and chest. I was one of those angry young men. After college I worked on the staff and campaign of a United State Senator who once ran for President. Selling my heart and soul, and getting an ulcer at 21 just to win, at all costs.
Anger like love however can only ultimately lead us to tears.
"And Jesus wept"
Long ago but not so far away in a refueling sortie age, another protest took place against the powers and politicians that seized power and control over palestine. Jesus, the candidate of their choice and life, on that final march, that Triumphant Entry that became a Tragic Ending "looked over the city and cried". He saw the venders on the side of the road selling their own brand of T-Shirts and slogans. I can just imagine them, "Jesus - Free US" "Put the Pilot Out" "Romans Rot" "Jews Rule" "Yahweh or the highway".
Yet Jesus made no speech on the Mount of Olives. He didn't ask for a televised debate. He didn't even endorse or approve anyone's ad. When Pilot asked him face to face, "What is truth?" Jesus answered with silence, not a word. I think his beholding piercing gaze said it all "You're looking at it".
May all us seek "the truth that sets us free". "Yet for your sakes he became poor so that through his poverty you might become rich." 2 Corinthians 8:9
