Commentary on Faith in Public Life

The following is my brief commentary on the practice of living one's faith in public life. (Whether that means serving in or trying to influence politics, or just trying to be a good citizen of faith):

It isn't about bashing 'the other side' as much as they might bash us. It isn't about dressing like and speaking like and acting like the other side, in hopes of proving that we have something fundamentally different and more valuable to say. In fact, by striving to do just what they do, we look just as foolish. This is not love, and we indeed gain nothing. Let love rather speak in action, conforming not to those with more power and status over us, but to those with less than us.