Reformation Sunday

As I speak today it is Reformation Sunday, and we are only one Monday away from the national election that will be held on Tuesday. If you are like me, you are probably very happy that the election is finally going to happen and all the verbiage that leads to the election is finally going to be over. And we will be able to move along on a new path. My understanding of the political process has left me a little disillusioned this time because of what I sense is a national attitude about the election -- and trusting the political parties that are involved in the election. Many of the people that I am talking with are taking a wait-and-see attitude to find out what happens when the smoke clears from all the political posturing and commentary that will drone on about the election.

This election will no doubt be quite an important election, because so many new things will be happening. We have an older man running for president with a woman as a vice presidential candidate. That is new and welcome. And an African-American candidate running for president with an old timer as a vice presidential candidate is quite a mixture of things: old with new, male with female, black with white, haves and have-nots, and insiders and outsiders. All of that seems to be in the mix. I have no idea and really no real outcome that I am committed to. I think it will be nice for the nation to see what really happens and the things that this nation can find itself capable of being and becoming that is shown through the election.

One thing that I know is that I will be praying long and hard for whoever wins because the problems that are to be faced by the political leaders of our time are seen to be many and they seem to be complex, and I'm not sure that they can be handled without a lot of attention and with a lot of courage and a lot of commitment. I know that in some circles asking for divine help and intervention in these things is a little out of step now. However, if you go back and read about the writing of the original Constitution in Philadelphia, you will see that often in the confused atmosphere of writing that Constitution the framers took time out to ask for divine help and divine guidance and divine intervention. It seems to have worked really well for them and maybe, just maybe, it'll work really well for us.

Here's to a happy Election Day and a good outcome for the nation!