Coming off another election cycle, it seems a fitting time to propose the vocation to public office. By this I mean the “call within a call” of a lay person to consider whether God may be calling them to serve as an elected representative.

The world is all too easily mired in rancor, hatred, and division. One need only spend about 30 seconds on a political social media post to verify the truth of this claim. But these movements are not of the Spirit of God. A Christian rises above these elements of our circumstances and intervenes with goodness, truth, and beauty.