Who’d have ever thought there’d be a positive spiritual lesson to learn from Edwards? Talk about truth in unexpected places.

These are some of the very issues I. and some others here, wrestle with. Part of the solution was the implementation of our “In Tone and Character” section under “How We Seek to be Different.”

But you’re right, it is easy to allow it s suck up a lot of time.

Neil

“Between all the allegations for Hillary serving on the Wal-Mart board, and Sen. Obama working for a slumlord, I was proud to represent the grown-up wing of the Democratic Party last night,” Edwards told supporters during a rally Tuesday in Conway, South Carolina.

“All those kind of personal attacks going on, it doesn’t do a thing to get somebody health care that doesn’t have health care, it doesn’t do a thing to get kids the kind of education that they need. We have work to do in this country.”

Fill in health care with whatever you like…

The point is that if Jesus were to return today, he would most probably (like He did 2000 yrs ago) stand “outside the camp” so to speak of the various religious groups and wings of present-day Christianity. Countless hours are spent all over the blogosphere in attacks on both sides. But I would wager that there are simple people who love God and serve Christ in their corner of the world unaffected by all of this.

I would venture that the reason many people have recently withdrawn from the debate is because of the fruitlessness of it all.

Like Edwards mentioned (and no, I don’t support him either), while other this is happening lots is being missed.