It seems that now is a powerful time for belief. That belief separates and defines us at this moment in the USA in a way that is overly or supra-significant. It feels like belief is as important in this time as belief was when fascism was on the rise. As if people must create or adhere or attach themselves to beliefs in order to have power in the world.
It's not about achievement right now, a litany of accomplishment. It's not about what you've built or the good deeds you've done. But what belief brought you to this point in time and your choices in the now. George Bush showed this when he climbed to power on the back of belief, an ex-addict with a track record for spin.
The election next month is all about 'what kind of Christian am I?' and candidates hand out business cards with the ten commandments on the back. We are in dangerous territory, and a hop, skip and a jump from the rule of Ayatollahs. We are at war with Islamists because of oil but also because they are fundamentalists. They mirror part of ourselves, the part of this nation that wants control over women's minds and bodies and wills, that seeks to control entertainment, sex and free speech.
The Lord supports us; everything we do is right because we are in service to Him. You are not us, you do not serve our Lord. You are dangerous as an outsider.
Belief is a precursor to action. So what we believe, we create. Ideas become words which become strategies which become things. What are we creating with our National beliefs? What intentions do we send into the world?
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