I’ve never been a fan of politics. My earliest memories of the topic are my parents and grandparents arguing at family functions about politics. However, as I got older I realized that they weren’t actually arguing since they were in agreement. But the other side was so wrong and foolish that even the mention of them would raise tempers.
So early on I equated politics with danger. And it has been difficult both to reframe politics in my mind and to not respond to political news like I witnessed people doing when I was a child:
My wife is greatly responsible for my shift. Politics meant so much to her growing up, and she’s encouraged me to take them seriously myself. For that I am grateful.
But this site is live in Love; find your true reward. And as my homepage demonstrates, I’m writing from a Christian worldview. As such, even political perspectives should be influenced by Christianity.
Now, I recognize that this might be a scary concept in light of rampant Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, and a plethora of Christian-political commentators who would be better off not talking (see James 3:1–10).
If you’re worried about that kind of content here, I want to encourage you that I don’t believe in any of that. Though I do firmly believe that the world would be a beautiful place if Christian principles truly took over culture. But that doesn’t happen via laws and force.
Click one of the articles below to get a snippet of my political positions.
But let me summarize it here by reiterating: live in Love; find your true reward.
If we’d all seek to listen to each other more, spout our own opinions less, and cool divisive rhetoric, then our country—and the world—would be in a much better place. We call ourselves a Christian country, but we fail to practice one of the earliest Christian texts ever written: “Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger” (James 1:19 HCSB).
Too much of the political discourse in our country flies in the face of that text. I write to see that changed.
In this with you.
Thanks for reading.
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A personal story of passion for American politics–from idealism to disillusionment.
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