Entering the political season…

With the Iowa caucuses complete, the political campaign season is now officially underway. I’m intrigued by the series that Adam Hamilton will be preaching over the next few weeks, “Seeing Gray: Faith, Politics and Morality in a Black and White World.” In his weekly email that he sends out to his congregation, he shared this from his recent trip to D.C. that I thought was worth sharing….

If you stand in front of the Supreme Court, to your back is the Capitol, to your right is the Library of Congress, and to your left is the only non-governmental building on the square: The United Methodist Building which houses our Board of Church and Society. It was built about the same time as the Supreme Court building and is a reflection of our church’s belief that faithful Christians should be salt and light influencing our nation and world; seeing that building made me proud to be a United Methodist. Inside on its walls is the Social Creed of our church as it was originally adopted in 1908. Methodists were the first denomination in America to adopt a social creed to go alongside the historic theological creeds of the church. It called for equal rights and complete justice for all people, for safe working conditions, an end to child labor, and for all of society to live by Christ’s Golden Rule.