Finding Faith: No matter the election results, we can all choose to do good

MOORHEAD — In a couple of weeks, we will hold in America what we call our midterm elections. We shouldn t have to remind ourselves of this but, given the current division in America, I think it s worth noting that, friends, it s really still only an election. Oh, I know that increasingly we continue to divide ourselves into political camps, drawing lines of demarcation and vowing to avenge the wrongs of those who differ politically with us. But in the end, it still is just an election. Regardless of the outcome, whether the balance of political power in Washington swings one way or the other, some will be upset. After all, the future of America is at stake! And yet, as we gnash our teeth, God reminds us that there has been a higher power at the helm for millenia. And our current messy state is only one small era in a creation millions of years old. This isn t a Pollyannaish view of the difficult set of circumstances that many Americans find themselves living