I never want to vote for someone whose choices are in opposition to the very core of Scriptural morality. Which is why I will never vote for someone who supports killing an innocent, whether citizens, other nationalities or the unborn. Which is why I don't vote for any candidate.
"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations-- these are mortal and their life as to ours is that of a gnat. It is immortals we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit." -C.S. Lewis
If humanity is to survive, we must develop communities of charity. Without forgiveness, mercy, generosity, and giving without reciprocity there is no justice, no future.
The one who quotes a text and says "there is no interpretation necessary" does not understand the text or what it means to interpret.
Better to live in a mud hut with a bowl of rice a day than to live and under the threat of having your bedding torn to shreds by the police and your kids taken away.
“Into the keeping of God I put all doings of today. All disappointments, hindrances, forgotten things, negligences; All gladness and beauty, love, delight, achievement; All that people have done for me, all that I have done for them, my work and my prayers.” –Margaret Cropper
Everyone tries to be their own savior. And everyone does a really miserable job at it.
You didn't give birth to yourself. You didn't grow up by yourself. Why do you think you can live a good life on your own power?
The words most dear to a father's heart from his grown oldest son:
"I loosened it for you."
"You can't plan ahead because you don't know how much life is left."-John Fagerson
(of course, he was talking about a battery-powered string trimmer)
“Be generous when you’re hungry. It’s difficult to be generous when you’re hungry. Yet being generous keeps you from going hungry. Hence the conflict.” -Seth Godin
Action is essential. But we cannot initiate nor understand action without contemplation.
