Funny enough, the other day I was about to tell Oddball that I'm all about building bridges. But, I thought that would be taken as sarcasm. But, it wasn't meant to be.

Anyway, I'm in favor of this approach, although I think Colson overlooks some of the obvious in his writings.

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Beyond Divisions
Living in a Red and Blue America

May 13, 2005

Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.

What does it mean to be conservative and Christian in a red and blue America?

Chuck Colson recently attempted to answer that question in a speech he gave to the Council for National Policy. The answer he gave was not the answer you might expect. But I believe it was an answer that a lot of us need to hear. Judging from the response Chuck received from the audience—a group made up of many different races and backgrounds—they felt the same way.

The theory of a divided America is a very popular one these days. In fact, some people positively seem to revel in the idea. In his speech, Chuck cited columnist Thomas Friedman, who wrote after the election, “What troubled me . . . was my feeling that this election was tipped because of an outpouring of support for Bush by people who don’t just favor different policies from me—they favor a whole different kind of America from me. We don’t just disagree on what America should be doing; we disagree on what America is.