MAKE BEN FAIR

I found myself once again getting into a conversation about "hot" topics. I remember something that Kyle said about a year ago when preaching, he was preaching about the song "Politik" by Coldplay. He was sharing about how instead of being against everything that we should be 'FOR' something.
It made me think alot about my politik.. my beliefs, the things that I am willing to take a stand for, to believe in and spend time and energy helping. I spent a good deal of the last year researching things that seem to be my "hot" topics. The funny thing is, a year later I have found myself still being against things instead of being "for" things. It is a difficult thing to always be "for" something instead of "against" something. It has made me think so much about how to truly make a difference. I want to take a minute and share some of my "politik".. but in a for way instead of an against way.

Ben's Politik
1. Love
2. Community
3. Peace
4. listening
5. Holistic

I believe that the Love that Christ talks about is about putting others before yourself. To humble yourself before God and others is a tough thing to do. I believe that if we truly are called to live life in community that it should affect everything we do and participate in, to the way we spend our money, to how we vote. I also think that in this point in history we are at a place where absolutes are not accepted or believed in but instead experiences rule people's perspectives and this causes problems when trying to figure out life. I have come to a point in which I have learned that I don't know everything.. (some of you may be shocked here..) but I at one point had my dogma and my creed and that was it for me. I had everything figured out, and if things didn't fit into my list then they couldn't be apart of my life and i could have nothing to do with anyone that was involved with these things. I have since realized that it is ok to not know everything, that it will take my whole life to understand why we go to war. I will never understand how people can find out what is in fast food and continue to eat the stuff. There are just things i don't get. However, that doesn't mean that I can't still come up with things that are absolutes. My absolutes are my "politik" they are the things that I am "for". So this is why i become very passionate in discussions of "hot" topics, because ever since i have started figuring out my politik, my perspective on everything has changed so much. This is total rambling, sorry to everyone who has tried to read this and make any since out of it. I just really enjoy conversation about issues that people have made up their minds prior to the conversation. I enjoy playing devils advocate to people and challenging their dogmas. I enjoy the fact that everything that I was once for and everything that I was against has been totally thrown into a huge ball of confusion. I also enjoy that I can have a huge ball of confusion (like this bloc entry) yet still have my "Politik"