We are supposed to be political, just not in the ways we think. We tend to think the primary vehicle for our political expression are political parties and elections. But, if we're citizens of the Kingdom living in America as exiles, then shouldn't the church by our primary vechicle for our political expression? The New Testament authors used the word "ekklesia" to describe the church, a word that carried clear political overtones. Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, outlines how to live as Kingdom citizens within an empire. We don't overpower and crush our enemies, but instead love them and sacrifice for them. We don't use our money to acquire more cultural power, but to care for the under-resourced. We don't create stories to gain attention, but instead tell the truth and practice integrity. This is how the church develops and lives out an alternative political ethic that subverts the powers of the empire and proclaims the hope of Jesus to the world.