Decision 2008

Good Morning Friends,

After a vacation it is both good and challenging to get back to one's regular routine. I'm grateful for the days of time away, and now will say some words of encouragement for our decision making of who will be our next president.

We have two men running who could not be more different, and yet, both love the USA, both are dedicated to the health and future of this country, AND both hold very different views of right and wrong, of priorities, indeed of the world. On Saturday, August 16, Rick Warren from Saddleback Church in California interviewed both candidates for an hour each. Saddleback is a large evangelical church founded and led by Warren. He did an excellent job of asking questions that pointed out the differences in the two candidate's positions. If you are able to get a transcript or video copy of the interview, it is well worth one's time to view and review it.

There was to be commentary from CNN following the interviews, but I avoided that. I did not want the media spin on what I had just heard. I wanted to let it sink in to see what I thought before the media told me what I should think.

Never in our history has it been more important to make thoughtful decisions. Never have we had more information available, and more need to study it. Whatever your position on the issues of the day, PLEASE think for yourself. Don't allow anyone to tell you how you should think.

After all, that is what Unity is about. We learn to think for ourselves. We learn to question our answers. We learn that our wisdom comes from within, and it is our means of sorting the information and coming to our own conclusions.

Think, pray, act!
Rev. Martha