Parakalein

I recently attended the world premier showing of "The God Game" by Suzanne Bradbeer.

So what is the God game.  It is not God's game for sure.  Rather it is man's game of using God for a purpose that is not all that Godly.  Perhaps that is indeed why it is a game.

An honorable, moderate, and popular senator with incredible integrity is asked to be the vice presidential running mate for a very conservative presidential candidate.  So what is the game.  As a vowed agnostic/atheist he is asked to compromise his integrity and say or at least imply while not saying that he is a Christian because in America you have to be Christian to be elected president.

Years ago I spoke at a conference in Hong Kong and began that talk with the following:   I know many Christians who in their daily lives to no act like a Christian should act..  I know others who claim to not be Christian who are more Christian in their actions.  So what is a Christian suppose to do?   My response was:  we need to be more open to the life of "honor, humility and integrity" than to any particular way of believing in God.

It is a sad state of affairs if a country forces a person to believe in a certain way or worse say they believe in a certain way or they are unacceptable as a candidate for that country's highest office!

If the God game is saying that politics is asking people to act one way while believing another, or believe one way while acting another, it is a game but God has nothing to do with it.  It is people using God and if they were to ask them for their opinion they would respond with a united:  "That is not Our Way".  Our way is about diversity and respectfulness, honor, humility and integrity.

Humility, honor and integrity are characteristics of God and in the game of life they are the highest of Christian  values eclipses while reflected in Christianity.  Let's hope!

Can we rally around humility, honor, and integrity and let all else remain a private matter of personal choice and conscience?