This year I have tried to fight a fight that has proven to be more difficult than I anticipated. I set out this year to see if people would openly discuss the election and the candidates with me. I have posted blogs on different issues and have received just a few comments. I realize that my readership is not large enough to brag about, but I thought that some people would chime in. Sometimes I have pushed further than I am even comfortable with just to see how you might respond. Early on, I was chided for even bringing up the issue on my blog because I am a pastor. I don’t understand that. I received a few negative comments and have been added to some of your email lists where I get emails that you think are showing me the error of my ways.
I am however, not blue or red. I think I am purple. I am red on some issues and blue on some issues and some I don’t know yet. I do know that the answers are not clear cut for me. I do know that I have more to learn and more to discuss. What I don’t get is why it causes such animosity between friends if they disagree on issues or even the candidate. Just an openness to consider the other candidate creates a division between the best of friends during these days. Is that really happening or am I just projecting that onto my relationships?
I have to admit that I even get this strange thing brewing in me, but I want to fight through that to have an honest and open discussion about the issues. What I think I have discovered is that purple people can have a good open discussion of issues with other purple people, but it’s hard to have that same discussion with people who are firmly red or firmly blue.
I don’t think I am ready to openly discuss the issues in a blog format, but I know I am ready to sit down over dinner or coffee and open up the can of worms! If you consider yourself purple and would like to discuss the options on the table, I’d love to meet you. If you are firmly blue or firmly red, good for you. I sometimes wish it were that simple for me.
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I am definitely purple. I have no idea how to vote next month, and I keep going back to "it doesn't matter anyway because God is in control". But I can't NOT vote, can I? That's worse than choosing a side, I think.
Hey, just catching up on your blog! To quote Kermit, "It ain't easy bein' green." Or, maybe in your case, it should be purple.... E.
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