…so I have two friends who are pastors. One is a Brethren pastor. One used to be. Both are solid, savvy guys. Both are committed followers of Jesus. Both are totally respectable in my book. One is voting for Obama. One is voting for McCain.

So, what’s the deal? Is one of them voting God’s way and the other has been blinded by the Enemy? Is one a liberal and the other a conservative? Is one hearing from God and the other is ignoring Him? Hmmmm… such good questions.

Tomorrow at the Crossing, we will have the chance to hear why some other respectable people are voting for McCain and why some others are voting for Obama. We will see why this issue of voting for a President is not as cut-and-dried and black-and-white as we wish it would be.  Maybe we’ll even see that God calls people to vote for different candidates for different reasons, and our “rightness” comes more from seeking His will and following it than it does from voting for a particular candidate. I dunno…

What I do know for sure is that there is a whole spectrum of emotion behind this presidential election. Some of us truly couldn’t care less. Some used to care but have been burned and have lapsed into indifference. Some of us feel a great responsibility to exercise our freedom to vote and others find it a great temptation to draw lines, judge and indulge in hatred. Our purpose at the Crossing is to allow our passion, or lack of passion, to be a part of our Kingdom citizenship. It is to gain understanding and then seek direction. It is to see the presidential candidates and process inside the will and nature of God, not before it.