I finally had a chance to watch the video from last night's presidential forum on Faith, Values & Poverty and I'm overwhelmed with gratitude that we're at a place where we would even hear presidential candidates talk about social justice issues or even their faith. I think even during the last presidential race, faith wasn't focused on near that much (although it's credited to people of faith having turned the tide of the election, the candidates themselves - especially Democrats - didn't talk about faith issues that much). Now we have candidates answering questions on nationally televised programs like, "What is your greatest sin?" "What do you pray for, and how would prayer influence how you make decisions as president?" & "What would you do, as president, to address the moral problem of poverty?"

Now's it's just time to hear from the Republican candidates in the fall in a similar forum.

Here's a short clip (approx. 5 minutes) posted on YouTube from Sojourners.