The recent Sojourners forum was, I think, groundbreaking. True, it was only a beginning, and there is much more to do, but I believe one positive outcome is that it shows there are more than three alternatives: religious right, religious left, and secular left.

I think we all sensed that the three candidates were striving to find higher ground and common ground and creative space beyond the current left-right polarizations where the air is hot and pretty stale.

Sadly, the questions were sometimes relics from the polarized territory - questions about evolution, abortion, and so on. I think what is becoming possible is a new kind of question deeply rooted in faith and values.

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Although I served as a pastor for 24 years, I've always been a person
who questions, doubts, wonders, and re-thinks. As soon as I answer my
questions, I begin questioning my answers. So I've been sympathetic to
people who come to me with questions about tenets or traditions,
doctrines or practices.

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