I roomed with one of my Republican friends at the recent meetings of the ministry commissions of the evangelical Friends Church. He likes Fox News; I like PBS and CNN. He’s delighted that Tom Daschle was defeated; I was bummed out. He thinks Ted Kennedy is an empty wind bag; I support some of the causes Kennedy supports. He thinks Jimmy Carter hit a new low by speaking out against the President’s Iraq policy; I applaud Carter.

We are both opinionated and since he is more articulate than I am, I dodged and weaved my way around the ring—always fading to his left when he tried to land a political punch.

I’m fond of the Jim Wallis statement that God is neither Democrat nor Republican. My voter registration confirms I’m a Democrat, but I’d like my life to reflect open-mindedness and a search for truth.