We have a new president in the U.S., and I’ve been watching closely his actions the first couple of weeks in office.  Even though I didn’t vote for him, I certainly don’t want him to fail, because if the country loses, I lose.  I have observed, however, two thrusts of rhetoric right out of the starting gate.  One is a boasting of change (a campaign promise), supported by an immediate reversal of any administration policy set in place by the former “dreaded” Republican president.  Second is a complaint against partisan politics, like we didn’t have the same problem with the Democratic Congress under a Republican president.

Then I got to thinking how the many denominations within Christianity practice party politics for the sake of doctrine.  Unlike Congress the churches across denominational lines don’t have a corporate mandate to form a unified church.  Maybe they should. What if they set as their goal a willingness to examine what they believe and consider how it would benefit the nation (and world) for them to find and strengthen their common ground?

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