Derek Atkins: Reflections on US Presidential Election Outcome
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Here is a short reflection by an American EAST resident faculty, Rev Derek Atkins on his response to the recent US Presidential Election outcome. May it lead us to pray diligently for our political and governmental leaders–local or global–as instructed by Paul in 1 Timothy 2:1-3.
Dear fellow Americans, good morning from Singapore.
I have been watching the election results throughout the day. Given that recent headlines were predicting this race would be a “coin toss,” I am surprised to see that Donald Trump won the race. I know many of you are happy at this result, and many of you are saddened by this outcome. For the record, I did not vote for either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump–I casted a write-in ballot for Condolezza Rice as President and Kay Bailey Hutchinson as Vice President.
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