We the Purple by Marcia Ford
Many Christians are simply frustrated with both the Democratic and Republican platforms. Marcia Ford is one of those people. She argues that partisanship in the church is affecting our influence. Rather than being Red or Blue, she suggests that we need to be 'purple'.
One of my pet peeves with Christianity and politics is that I really think Christians get used by politicians. People say that they're pro life or that they care about the underpriveledged to get our vote, but then they don't really do anything about it. It's just convenient for them. The simple truth is that if we go to bed with either political party, we'll wind up with some kind of disease.
One of the chapters is entitled, "Our Two-Issue System," which Ford states is abortion and homosexuality. What she points out in the chapter is that people are very quick to make these issues 'the issues' around election time. Her point throughout the chapter is that we are quick to want to make laws regarding these issues, but rarely do we really try to do anything proactive to bring healing, let alone simply understand people who are struggling with these issues.
It's a pretty short read and fairly simple too. Not the most profound thing I've ever picked up, but it is thought provoking.
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