The exhausting, but important work pastors have is helping the people we lead move beyond enmeshment w/the political figures they support.
People are so enmeshed that it’s hard to distinguish political figures from themselves.
The domino effect of enmeshment looks like this:
People are so enmeshed that it’s hard to distinguish political figures from themselves.
The domino effect of enmeshment looks like this:
To critique the President (or any political leader) it to critique the party I align with.
To critique the party is to critique the values I hold dear.
To critique the values I hold dear is to critique my vision of a flourishing world...
To critique the party is to critique the values I hold dear.
To critique the values I hold dear is to critique my vision of a flourishing world...
To critique my vision of a world that flourishes is to critique my understanding of God.
To critique my understanding of God is to critique me at my deepest center.
Makes sense why people get defensive when their political leader is criticized.
To critique my understanding of God is to critique me at my deepest center.
Makes sense why people get defensive when their political leader is criticized.
So then, when the candidate you support is criticized, and you feel deep anger and defensiveness, the question we need to ask is:
Why am I so defensive? Have I confused my core identity with the person/party I support?
Why am I so defensive? Have I confused my core identity with the person/party I support?
The painful truth of this is, if a political leader is beyond genuine critique in your mind, the political leader has taken on a god-like status. And there’s a commandment or two that has something to say about that.
