How does your faith guide your political choices (or avoidance of politics)? How can people of faith effect change through political action? What faith-based words and actions are most needed in the current political climate?

How have political leaders’ recent actions aligned or not aligned with your values? How can a candidate earn your support?

Do you discuss politically charged topics in your congregation? Do members of your congregation make a political impact? What shifts in political engagement have you witnessed in your faith community?

How do you or others make peace while engaging politically? How have you experienced the local impact of political decisions on education, healthcare, poverty or other issues?

How do you reach across the divisions that polarize people? In a time when some feel cynicism and despair, what gives you hope?

Deadline: August 25. Length 600 to 1,200 words.

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