Last week I watched the Tom Brokaw special “In God They Trust.” I wish it had been less focused on Ted Haggard and his New Life Church. To me the megachurches make facilities, programs, and crowds look like the drawing card. The megachurch is not a representative sample of what it means to be an evangelical. The interview with Jim Wallis helped provide a more complete picture.

I get uncomfortable when I feel an implied fence is being created that encloses a group and quickly looks exclusive. I prefer an open range where all Christians live—each identifiable by spots, stripes, coloring, or other features, but holding in common the lordship of Christ.