Tempting Faith

[tehuatzi]

So much for the Tigers.

This week I read David Kuo’s new book, “Tempting Faith.” If you’ve managed to miss the media onslaught over this book, Kuo is a conservative evangelical who was deputy director of GWB’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives from 2001-2003. Kuo has a longstanding interest in the politics of compassion/caring for the

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Amen

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What would the news media say if we ended our nasty partisanship, ceased making political arguments, and instead just relentlessly pursued ways to serve those who are sick, needy, hungry, and hurting? What would “enemies” at the ACLU or the gay and lesbian community or in the Democratic Party say and do?… I believe it would be one of the most powerful witnesses to faith ever.

I was listening to the radio recently, while doing other things, and a phrase jumped out at me: "We are not as divided a nation as our politics might lead you to believe."

It's not just the evangelicals who are being led to outright evil, and away from their core principles, by these political games. It's our entire nation.

This is why I go to Haiti. It's far away, and it's difficult, but it's unambiguously the right thing to do ... and it's a place where I can meet mission minded people from all backgrounds. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I want to learn how to communicate about politics with people with whom I perceive that I ought to agree on