On one hand, this is a collection of Mark Douglas's newspaper columns, on the other it is a series of meditations, which connect the columns, on what he was trying to do in the columns, and how he thought he did. Combining theological depth, political and culturaacumen, and a vivid and sharp writing style, the book is both an education in Douglas' wise and persuasive understanding of religion's role in public life, and an education about how to communicate that understanding to others. His goal in writing about politics is to express a way of thinking about politics that reaffirms the idea that the deeply Christian virtues of faith, hope, and love not only could shape political vision, but actually are shaping it.