A Switch Flipped
It wasn't until I entered the voting booth in November of the Year of George Floyd that I realized how much I had changed...and not just on race. The shifts in my thinking, I soon realized, were tectonic.
I had never before voted for a Democrat. But there I stood, ready to face the world (and my history) as the person I felt Christ compelled me to be,
Joe Biden was the first bubble under a blue candidate I had ever darkened.
It felt like catharsis.
I admit that it felt so freeing that I darkened every single one of those damn blue bubbles and danced my way to the Ballot Return.
I don't consider myself a Democrat or a Progressive, and I certainly don't see myself as a Republican or Conservative.
But I suppose that I do lean heavily in one direction.
To be honest, I now feel like a Christ-follower without a tribe. I feel like none of the categories of this world feel like home to me anymore...I'm just passing through. I feel like a foreigner in a strange land.
Do I feel guilt for the effects of my conservatism and for voting for Trump?
No, I don't.
I have to understand that the old Kevin is gone, and I can't punch him the face. Like it or not, he was a critical stage of becoming who I am today. I don't feel the need to right any wrongs or redeem my past, yet I often do so when needful. I've let all of that go...which is a great advertisement for good therapy.
I find that the best restitution is to use my voice, platform, and privilege to help others.
And that is what I am really passionate about, at the end of the day: Helping others.
I want to help others pull bricks from the wall. I want to give them the courage to pull down the parts of their walls that are separating them from their present reality. I want others to step over the rubble that remains after the wall falls in order to experience the kind of full-and-overflowing LIFE that Jesus spoke of in John 10:10...no matter how they vote.
So, am I progressive?
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