Fight Injustice. Love your neighbor.

I am not sure if the cut and paste option is working, but i felt the need to add this to the blog today. i have spent a lot of time talking and thinking about the relationship between politics and christianity and definitely been blessed to receive answers on how i should direct my political godly life. 

1) our allegiance is to God alone. 

2) our citizenship is in heaven

3) politics affects our daily living. policies are being made that affect the lives of millions and those millions are our brothers and sisters. we should be conscious to that and we need to live in the world but not be of this world. 

i feel good about those answers. 

so here's a little blurb from sojourners that spoke truth to me (it is both political and godly): 

"Therefore, we have this against you, brothers and sisters, that along with this powerful announcing of the Gospel, the Church form the US has not also raised its voice in protest against the injustices that powerful governments and institutions are inflicting on the global South - injustices that afflict the lives and ecosystems of millions of people who, centuries after the proclamation of the Gospel, still have not seen the sweat of their brow turned into bread. Specificallys, And so we ask you as sisters and brothers, citizens of the wealthiest most powerful nation on earth, to publicly challenge your candidates and political leaders -- now and after the elections are over -- to lead the world in the struggle to cut global poverty by half 2015 (as per UN Milennium Development Goals)." 

Amen.