I was writing in my paper journal about my role in my local congregation and relationship with the Pastor, when I thought about developing a spiritual community there that shares my interests and faith journey concerns. I couldn't remember where I had read about how the left has not addressed the spiritual needs and values while the right has and there are mega-churches to prove it. I looked here and found it to be my first journal entry. I didn't say much about why I posted this interview with Rabbi Michael Lerner but this is where I got that thought.

The political right has gained momentum and adherents in recent years, Lerner says, because only conservative Christianity has been vocally and unapologetically addressing the spiritual needs of Americans, their quest for meaning in a materialist, consumerist culture.