Today, there are elections going on all round the UK. I haven’t yet fully decided how I am going to vote. To be honest one of the main things I feel about the state of our democracy is disappointment. Spoiling the ballot paper is a valid expression of political discontent, and I haven’t ruled it out yet.

I was cheered to read this post by Marc Lloyd (with whom I overlapped at Oak Hill for a couple of years), and I think there’s real beauty in his first paragraph:

“I believe that the gospel, the fundamental reality, the most important truth in the universe, the first commitment of every individual and society is “Jesus Christ is Lord”. That should be the guiding principle of all, including politics and public life. It should be the first line of our consititution.”

Amen. Yet the day when that’s recognised to anything approaching the extent it ought to be is quite far off as far as I can tell from my vantage point. But that’s no excuse for not letting the Lordship of Christ compel our voting decisions now. That’s what I’ll endeavour, prayerfully, to do when I get to the polling station.