Dean Powery Advocates for 'A Vote for Love'

Writing in the wake of the presidential election, Chapel Dean Luke A. Powery says now is the time to recognize that what we owe each other is love.

"We’ve cast our votes already for a presidential candidate but I hope post-election, you will still cast your vote for and charge your life with love," Dean Powery writes in his Chronicle column today (November 9).

In articulating the difficult call to love others, including enemies, he cites ancient and contemporary voices, including Jesus, the Apostle Paul, theologian Howard Thurman, philosopher Cornel West, and Gospel artist Kirk Franklin.

Love "is defined by what it is for and it is for you, me, all of humanity," he says. "It is the power we need in the days ahead."

Read the column.