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Last week, I was sitting under the soaring arches of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., reflecting on words and faith.

I was attending an event celebrating the legacy of the late Michael Gerson, a speechwriter for George W. Bush and later a Washington Post columnist, who passed away from cancer in 2022 at the age of 58.

For Gerson, who described himself as an Evangelical Episcopalian, faith animated both his writing and his philosophy of compassionate conservatism, which blended traditional conservative principles like limited government and strong families with a moral emphasis on caring for vulnerable people. He helped desig

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