Election Week: Keeping Politics In Its Place

"For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust... But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting." ~ Psalm 103:14-17 (RSV) Andrew Urquhart is joined by Frank Ritchie, who reflects on a crowded week of significance - All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' and All Souls' Days, Guy Fawkes/Parihaka Day, and the looming New Zealand election - admitting he remains an undecided voter just days out from the poll.

Ritchie argues that remembering our mortality, drawing on Psalm 103 and Francis de Sales' "Introduction to the Devout Life", helps put the intensity of election season into proper perspective. He and Urquhart warn against the dirty, personal-attack style of modern campaigning, urging listeners to focus less on political tribalism and more on how they love and serve their neighbours, family and community, regardless of who wins on Saturday.

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