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- Nurse by profession, cynical about adversarial politics, believe in Christ's message but not the way it's interpreted/restricted by conventional religion, try to live "ethically".
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As I'm having to admit more strongly to myself that political activity (while not necessarily useless) simply cannot lead to improvement (Something like war in the Hebrew scriptures; a person might need to fight but it was God who decided the outcome) I'm also finding myself on a large Quaker Peace & Social Order Committee. That is, we could have (and have had) better political leaders and better public policies, but that is quite literally out of our hands--and so I'm gradually stirring up my head on the question, "What are we called to do?" We aren't necessarily called to be "effective" (any more than was Jesus) but there needs to be a real intention to make the world merciful behind political-spiritual actions or they get reduced to a sort of empty liturgy... We can be, and are, led by God in our ongoing lives; we can ask for clearer leadings and the habit of being alert for them. I don't see any hope for political change except under that leadership. & for now I seem assigned to sit in reserve and watch the rout.