Article March 17, 2008 Issue

PRAYER AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS

BY RON BALLARD

MANKIND WILL BE GOD-GOVERNED IN PROPORTION AS GOD'S GOVERNMENT BECOMES APPARENT, THE GOLDEN RULE UTILIZED, AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE HELD SACRED.—MARY BAKER EDDY, THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, AND MISCELLANY, P. 222

ELECTIONS around the world call for politicians to leave office, parties to rotate in and out of power, and policies to change along with them. In fact, the desire for change is a common refrain heard this election season. And it's not just with the American public. Citizens around the world in such places as the Czech Republic, South Korea, Taiwan, and Zimbabwe are hoping for shifts in their governments after the votes have been counted.

But dig deeper to find the impetus behind this general global desire for change, and there's an underlying demand for more effective politics, rather than just "politics as usual." For example, recent polling in the United States suggests that while citizens have high expectations for their leaders, those expectations are tempered by "optimism with a cynical streak" (see poll by Knowledge Networks, January 18–28 conducted for AP-Yahoo News Survey).

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