The Dawn Treader

Was anyone else as shocked as Mr. D over McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as veep?

Maybe you politically astute readers saw this coming, but Mr. D. was stunned.  And pleased.  Talk about PRO-LIFE.  Grand slam.

Hugh Hewitt says,

When the Dems come after Palin for inexperience in foreign affairs, the reply will be obvious --the GOP vice-presidential nominee is as experienced as the Democratic presidential nominee but also has executive decision-making that Obama lacks.

The issue this election is energy.  Palin gets it.  So does McCain.  My brother-in-law and I agreed that the RNC should be held in ANWR on a mock drilling platform with hard hats on.

I thought Mitt was the right choice.  We will see if McCain has proven me wrong.  I think he has.  I hope he has. I can hardly wait to see senator foot-in-mouth debate Mrs. Palin.  Mr. D was suffering from election burn out.  Things just changed.

“Now, we believe in the separation of church and state,” Warren said in his introduction before heading into the first round of questions with Obama, “but we do not believe in the separation of faith and politics because faith is just a world view and everybody has some kind of world view.”

We've got to learn to disagree without demonizing each other and we need to restore civility in our civil discourse and that's the goal of the Saddleback Civil Forum."

~ Rick Warren

Three things Rick Warren got right.  First, evangelical Christians ought to take the lead in bringing the country together and modeling civility.  As Christians, we have a unique opportunity to lead the way back toward reforging civility in American public life.  We need to wrest a tough, robust, democratic civility from the jaws of the culture wars, as .  Followers of Christ ought to have peacemaking in our DNA.  Kudos to Warren for bringing the two candidates together on the same stage and conducting excellent interviews.  Second, Warren is absolutely right that nobody truly believes in the separation of faith and politics.  Faith = world view.  Everyone has a world view.  Therefore, faith cannot be separated from politics.  Third, Warren was absolutely correct to focus on worldview.  We are all driven by our understanding of reality and our own precommitments to what is true about our existence.  We need to know what these guys believe is true.  That is far, far more important than the stump speech answers that we are all sick of hearing from candidates.

"The first half of my life was about discovering truth and finding meaning.  I know I have found both in Christ.  The second half will be about living it out."

~ Mr. Dawntreader

Looking into a mesmerizing sunset in the north rim of the Grand Canyon can have a profound impact on your thinking.

Greetings from Southern California where the Dawntreader fam is enjoying a vacation.  We are headed to the Grand Canyon tomorrow.  Should be memorable.  Blessings.