This is no time to fly solo in American culture today. Pastors need to be involved in the cultural, social, and political arenas of life. We cannot be silent; and we certainly cannot sit this one out.  In fact, we need to stop seeing these cultural and social and political arenas as obstacles in our way but there are literally doors that God has presented before us that I believe he wants to see opened for His glory, so the good news of the gospel can permeate all throughout our city, our state, across our nation, and yes, even across the world.

So, I want to encourage you, as a pastor, and spiritual leader right here in our city and state to think about some ways that you can be informed, and you can be involved. I believe the key to that is holding God’s truth in one hand and holding the love of God in the other.  And may all of us do that in the state of Arizona as we navigate through these cultural waters that we find ourselves in today.