Today, some of the most spiritual people I know claim to be without religion.

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.

Artists are the best theologians. They feel things that are true before theologians can jargonize them into obscurity.

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.

One of the problems with evangelicalism is that it has allowed itself to be married to the Republican party... Jesus is not a Republican. Nor is he a Democrat.

Perhaps because our culture and politics have gone so off course, with values so contrary to those of Jesus, more and more people intuitively recognize that His vision of God's kingdom-a new world of compassion, justice, integrity and peace- is the Good News they've been searching and waiting for.