Eat, Pray, Vote
A Reflection on voting this November with a personal testimony: "How Transgender People have changed my life."
On voting: My friends, on many issues always but especially in this upcoming election, there are positions on justice at stake. However you may feel about immigration, borders, gun rights, the environment, mass incarceration, racial justice, equality of voice for women, reproductive rights and so much more, the candidates who will take office and the ballot questions we pass will have far-reaching justice implications for our friends and neighbors, and most definitely for our children. . . When you go to the ballot box, please bring your whole selves – the one who prays and ponders, the one who learns and loves, the one who gets scared and the one who has hope. What does our faith have to say about how life should be in the world? How are we thinking and caring for the ones on the margins, the powerless, the ones with minority representation? What voices of hate should we stand up to? What voices of love and compassion do we want to sustain?
My testimony: Some of you know that I have family members who are gay, bisexual and trans, as well as LGBTQ friends, colleagues and neighbors I care about. Much of my learning about LGBTQ people has been across my lifetime, as perhaps are yours – and the best of it has come through my relationships and people whom I love. Read more about my experience on Pastors Corner: http://1stchurchlongmeadow.org/pastors-corner/2018/09/24/eat-pray-vote/
This month's message by:
Rev. Marisa Brown Ludwig, Associate Pastor