However you voted in this momentous election, I encourage you to sign a letter to President-elect Barack Obama initiated by Jim Wallis of Sojourners. The letter seeks to hold the new president accountable to "a broad moral agenda that includes a deep concern for poverty, peacemaking, a consistent ethic of life, and care for creation." Specifically, the pledge calls for a commitment to:
* Overcome poverty -- cut domestic poverty in half in ten years and implement Millenium Development Goals to reduce extreme global poverty
* Develop alternatives to war -- emphasize diplomacy and peaceful means of resolving international conflicts
* Promote a consistent life ethic -- drastically reduce abortions as well as addressing genocide, torture, and the death penalty
* Reverse the effects of climate change -- promote clean, renewable energy strategies and a "green economy"
And after you sign this pledge (or even if you decline to sign), say a prayer for our new President-elect as well as our outgoing President, that their actions -- and our own -- may foster a better world for children.
Know any good prayers for a new president?
Monday, November 10, 2008
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