I just started a group on Facebook. Its called "I'm Voting for Jesus in 2008". Feel free to join. Feel free to tell all your friends. Or feel free to laugh at me if you like. I'm just happy to have a candidate that I'm both passionate about and confident in at the same time.
I expect I'll hear from some of my friends who are passionate about "their candidate" at some point. They'll tell me I'm wasting my vote. They'll tell me I'm being silly.
I'm not.
I'm voting my conscience and I think that is what the electoral process was designed for.
And if an election is not supposed to be a popularity contest (yeah, right!) then I should vote for the person I'd actually most want to be the leader of the free world, right? Well, for me, that guy is Jesus.
(I just reread this post so far--sounds pretty combative doesn't it? Anyway...) And if on election night, my candidate is not celebrating victory, I'll wake up the next day and do the following:
- Kiss my wife.
- Drink a cup of coffee.
- Read some Scripture and begin praying into the day, including praying for the new President.
- Obey most of the laws as I drive to the office (turns out I'm not a big STOP sign guy).
- Serve in the Jesus Movement on that Wednesday like any other day.
- Sleep well the following night.
Will I enjoy watching the political horse race in the meantime? You bet.
This picture of Jesus looks very similar to a Central American revolutionary Che Guevera--or as most people recognize him, the guy on the Rage Against The Machine t-shirt. Thankfully Jesus is neither Republican, Democrat or a socialist!
Posted by: Viva Jesus! | February 24, 2008 at 02:32 PM
The revolutionary connection was intentional. (We used it on Revolutionary t shirts this summer.) And you are quite right--Jesus has no party affiliation. "He did not entrust himself to men because he knew what was in the heart of a man." Viva la Revolucion!
Posted by: Kevin | February 24, 2008 at 03:02 PM
There is a book that just came out this month that you may want to check into.
Jesus For President:Politics for Ordinary Radicals. I heard it was a great read. Not sure if the link below will work.
eric
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-President-Politics-Ordinary-Radicals/dp/0310278422/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204299629&sr=8-1
Posted by: Eric | February 29, 2008 at 09:46 AM
Eric, you rock! Thanks for recommendation! I'm ordering it today. I'm familiar with Shane Claiborne. He's part of the vanguard of the new monastic movement. Radical simplicity. Thanks for the lead.
Posted by: Kevin | February 29, 2008 at 10:50 AM