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Friday, November 14, 2008

Rally 'round the flag

I didn't make it to Grant Park in Chicago for Obama's victory celebration last week, but we had a celebration in church on Sunday that felt like the same thing. Our pastor had been challenging us for weeks leading up to the campaign to look at issues from a Biblical perspective and to vote accordingly. She didn't advocate for one candidate over the other, and I imagine that our church, like most of America, was pretty evenly split between the candidates. But five days after the election she was very clear: Obama's victory was a victory for racial healing in our country.

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