I have not written anything on this blog for some time for a reason. That reason? I’m searching. I feel as though my passion for things political has somehow overshadowed my passion for Jesus Christ. My political philosophy, which I have in no way abandoned, causes me to post things on this blog that of late have tended to be snarky, sarcastic and not helpful in the political dialog that can and must take place in our country. Perhaps that snarkiness is what makes for good reading! But lately, I don’t believe what I’ve written is “me” — at least not the person I want to be. I may disagree, vehemently, with other people and what they are doing politically. But it’s no reason to lose my civility.

I have a good friend in South Carolina with whom I swap emails from time to time. In a recent email I commented on the current political condition of our great country, and a new attitude I’m developing. In part, this is what I said:

We are living through troubling times there is no doubt. I find myself literally torn between two mindsets all the time. On one hand I want to scream and holler and tell people, “Don’t you get it? We’re crashing and burning as a country!” But on the other hand I think that perhaps, in a strange way, God is driving the point home to U.S. Christians that our citizenship on earth is temporary–and our real citizenship is heaven. Don’t get me wrong, I hate what’s happening to our precious country and am ashamed it’s happening on my watch. But perhaps during this time when all the wheels are coming off the wagon, when our political freedoms are slipping away, we have a chance to demonstrate to the world, and to our fellow citizens, what it looks like to have the love of Jesus in us. The chance to demonstrate that although political circumstances change and become bleak, we have true freedom, the freedom Jesus brings–freedom where it counts, in our hearts. That is, the darker it becomes around us, the more our light can shine in the darkness. Like I said…two minds! I haven’t given up on my country–never will. Just looking for the silver lining in all of this.

That about sums up where I’m at and why I’ve not been writing lately. Not because I don’t want to write! But because I’m sorting it out. Perhaps I’ll start sorting it out more on this blog. Keep checking back.

Technorati Tags: politics religion, civil discourse, blog writing, political blogs, Christianity