The Pneuma Project

In honor of the historic event which took place last night I feel compelled to leave this video. Love the originality and star power of this video

And now a shameless political rant:

While no candidate is perfect, nor do their views perfectly match up with mine, I do have to say Obama is my candidate this year. I have been a life-long Republican until this year. I didn’t vote for president in 04 because I wasn’t satisfied with either candidate, and this year I was completely disenfranchised by the Republican candidates. In a nutshell, while I do believe the sanctity of life is a very important issue, I don’t believe it is narrowed down to just abortion. For me the sanctity of life extends to our position on war, quality of life for all people, and economic and social justice. I am also very concerned with issues that affect our children, that being health care, education, the perception of America by the rest of the world, and our foreign policy and war doctrine. From those standards, the Republicans don’t match up to what I believe is God’s heart for people.
I was attracted to Obama initially just because he spoke of a new type of governing and He inspired hope for change in me. Since them I have found his positions on the war (responsibility getting out of Iraq), health care (optional universal health care), the economy (rolling back unfair tax cuts on those making over $200,000/year and corporations), and immigration (a path to citizenship for all people in a country founded by immigrants) very convincing. Also I believe his message of hope and diplomacy will resonate with and inspire the leaders of other countries. The Bush doctrine has been unsuccessful and I believe we are in a worse position internationally then 8 years ago.

Bottom line, I think Jesus’ ideas about loving people are not exemplified by either party (politics can never be the entire answer), but I want a president that I think best matches up with his way of life. For me Obama is the best option (not to mention he has 2 young daughters that i want him thinking about whenever he makes an important decision). OK, I’m done, I’ll try and keep the politics at a minimum till the Fall.