Senator Barack Obama
TIME.com: TIME Magazine — October 23, 2006 Vol. 168 No. 17
Some of you might be interested in reading about this new and potential rising star in American Politics that some think will be President one day in the near future. The book excerpt from his recent book entitled, ‘My Spiritual Journey’, is good food for thought for those of you still meditating on the Silent Prayer by Pope Benedict in the Blue Mosque. For me his words are a signal of hope in a world that seems so lost and confused. Here is a small sample from the excerpt:
“There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious discourse–when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced, rather than in the positive sense of what it tells us about our obligations toward one another; when we shy away from religious venues and religious broadcasts because we assume that we will be unwelcome–others will fill the vacuum. And those who do are likely to be those with the most insular views of faith, or who cynically use religion to justify partisan ends.”Go to the above link for more….
