I am Kyle's self-indulgence

I never know how to pray about an election. Praying that my candidate will win seems selfish at best and at worst presumes that God agrees with my choice. But just praying that God will cause the right person to win (not naming any names) is a pretty hollow and spineless way to pray.

Thank heavens for David Dark, who displays a bit of righteous wisdom about how to pray during an election cycle. I wanted to quote the best part, but all of it is the best part. I probably shouldn't quote it all, though, so here's just a piece:

My prayer is that we would all be rightly moved. Righteously moved in the direction of the already-yet-still-to-come kingdom for which many Republicans and Democrats pray, never knowing what we're doing exactly. I pray that we would feel some affection--somehow actually like--the people we can't imagine ourselves voting for and the friends, family, and neighbors we suspect--with fear and trembling--will vote for them. Amid the din of hi-tech carnival barkers, loud televised people who claim to be without spin, and gentle mortals like myself who receive their words into their heads like a shot of espresso every few minutes through e-mails, radio broadcasts, and frantic visits to websites, may our hearts remain open to the possibility of being rightly moved.