How to Pray with Your Leader

How to Pray with Your Leader
Psalm 61

During a recent presidential election, a spoof organization called the American Institute of Mentality published the findings of a research project on the question “Why would anyone run for president?” Their conclusion was that presidential candidates fit into two categories. Either you are a saint, a person without concern for yourself who wants to be president in order to help the people of the United States, or, more often, you are a pathological narcissist who has no concern for other people, is worried about physical appearance, and requires constant adulation (it was odd that the report didn’t talk about a lust for power). It’s strange that we insist on electing someone who wants to be president. That would seem to be a disqualification...