The Transylvania Times -

I receive a daily email message from Frederick Buechner, a favorite Christian author. I feel that this particular item is one that would appeal to many of us, whether a believer or not. It’s interesting that it was published some time ago, and yet is still so pertinent to our present time.

He wrote, “You can’t help wondering what would happen if a person running for the presidency decided to set politics in the flag-waving, tub-thumping, ax-grinding sense aside and to speak, instead, candidly, thoughtfully, truthfully out of his or her own heart.

“Suppose a candidate were to stand...