Hi Pastor Erika,

Thanks for writing this kind and friendly post. A lot of us, believers all over the country, whether black, white, Latino, Asian, First Nation or etc. have been torn, within and without, over the choice for President in this year’s election. Being an Afro-American believer, I decided to take a non-partisan position in public. There was a general assumption, that seemed to grow stronger and stronger especially after the Dem. convention right up to election night, that all Afro-Americans were supporting Sen. Obama, simply based on a kind of racial comraderie. On many of the blogs that I frequent, there were discussions of whether a Christian could support Sen. Obama. I felt that both both positions were narrow and presumptuous.

Standing in Grant Park (Chicago) on Election Night, with my 18 yr. old daughter, who was a first-time voter, in a sea of over 200 thousand people was quite exhilarating. There was a general sense of unity and joy all through the evening, but especially after the announcement that Sen. Obama had now become Pres.-elect Obama. I don’t like Pres.-elect Obama’s pro-choice position on abortion, but I think his winning of the election is about something much greater than partisan politics.

I wrote a post on my site that you might find interesting.

Blessings,

Shlomo

Obama was in a public place in a sea of multicultural, diverse people. McCain was in a private ballroom at a posh hotel in a sea of homogenized folks (white).
Kinda sums up the difference in the campaigns overall.

I think it is so important and wonderful that Obama in his speach last night called all Americans to do what they can do to make America great once again.

Thank you for this great post.
Keep up the great work you do with this blog. It is definatly one of my favs.!:-)

I hugged the tiny, little African-American lady who was working the voting booth that I punched the buttons at. Well, she hugged me. Or maybe we hugged each other because we were exuberant.

What a day. What a day. I can’t believe I’ve lived to see it.

I really hope that Obama’s being elected will be healing for your country, and will be an inspiration for many. One of my friends wrote this morning how he was frustrated that the younger generation vote on wanting to see change, but don’t realise that they have to and can be the change they want to see.

My prayer would be that people - the downtrodden, the broken hearted, the marginalised - would work together and work hard to stand up and be that change!