two days later...

I preached this past Sunday on voting and I stressed how this is a powerful personal and corporate act, a true sign of patriotism... especially when you cast your vote in a sea of uncertainty, in a culture where you feel alienated or a society where your voice has felt weaker and weaker as the years have gone by. And now that “the electorate has spoken”, we do well to reflect back and think about what it is we have said.
For “winning” is not enough. Savor the moment, yes. And then roll up your sleeves. Here’s a riff on some words of activist Dorothy Day (as printed in our UU hymnal):
“No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless.” And no one has a right to sit down and feel smug and contented. “There’s too much work to do.”
--Zsuzsa