MikeAllen.me » government http://mikeallen.me Life, Learning & Activities of Michael T. Allen (Mike Allen) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:29:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mikeallen.me http://mikeallen.me/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/favicon-56.ico MikeAllen.me I’m Running for Public Office http://mikeallen.me/2009/02/25/im-running-for-public-office/ http://mikeallen.me/2009/02/25/im-running-for-public-office/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:44:01 +0000 Mike Allen http://mikeallen.me/?p=164 I’ve been interested in politics and public service since I was a teenager.  I’ve often been dissatisfied with the way government works (and in many cases doesn’t work) and considered running for office. About a week ago I decided it was time to stop just talking about government and to do something about it by running for a seat in my local government.

So, with that in mind, yesterday I filed papers to run for alderman (what we call our city council members) for my local ward (district) in Starkville. While I list eight priorities on my campaign website at MikeAllen.com, in short, I want to see Starkville become the kind of community our children will want to make as their home when they grow up and establish their careers.  That means we have a lot of work to do. I’m excited about the prospect of being part of the solution and I look forward to the campaign and public service.

]]> http://mikeallen.me/2009/02/25/im-running-for-public-office/feed/ 1 A Look at God & Government http://mikeallen.me/2008/11/02/a-look-at-god-government/ http://mikeallen.me/2008/11/02/a-look-at-god-government/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:36:43 +0000 Mike Allen http://www.mikeallen.com/?p=107 Today I completed a two-week study at my church entitled “A Look at God & Government: Biblical Underpinnings of American Political Authority.” In this study, we looked at a variety of things including the following:

  • Why government is needed
  • Why God established government
  • Biblical responsibilities of government
  • Foundations and defining features of our American government
  • Christian responsibilities to government
  • Civil disobedience
  • Voting

I have included my presentation slides below in the following formats:

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