Posted on 10/19/2013 9:57:37 AM PDT by kristinn
President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his Christian faith.
But away from the public eye, advisers say, the president has carefully nurtured a sense of spirituality that has served as a grounding mechanism during turbulent times, when the obstacles to governing a deeply divided nation seem nearly insurmountable.
Every year on Aug. 4, the president's birthday, Obama convenes a group of pastors by phone to receive their prayers for him for the year to come. During the most challenging of times, prayer circles are organized with prominent religious figures such as megachurch pastor Joel Hunter, Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights activist.
Each morning for the past five years, before most of his aides even arrive at the White House, Obama has read a devotional written for him and sent to his BlackBerry, weaving together Scripture with reflections from literary figures such as Maya Angelou and C.S. Lewis.
"I've certainly seen the president's faith grow in his time in office," said Joshua DuBois, an informal spiritual adviser to Obama who writes the devotionals and ran Obama's faith-based office until earlier this year. "When you cultivate your faith, it grows."
Obama is particularly moved by theories that draw connections between biblical themes and the personal journeys of historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., DuBois said.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
“—for him for the year to come.”
Not .. for his family .. or .. for the world ..or .. for the United States.
you ask - “Could he be a narcissist, anyone think maybe?”
No maybe about it!!!
I don’t think Clown Prince nobama is “spiritual”. I do however, think the Lead Bozo is possessed by spirits (re: the insane devil).
Not buying any of this full of crap story. His aids may arrive every morning but I’m betting Barry doesn’t grace them with his presence til closer to noon.
Yep. The title is 100% accurate:
Obama Nurtures His Faith Away From the Spotlight
The Prince of Darkness does avoid the spotlight...
“every year on HIS birthday he convenes a group of pastors????”....HE really does think he is the Messiah
I didn't see Rev. Wright mentioned in the article. I wonder why?
5.56mm
Good grief....Allah is offended....not...Allah knows lieing is allowed and even encouraged to hide one’s real goals.
‘Each morning for the past five years, before most of his aides even arrive at the White House, Obama has read a devotional written for him and sent to his BlackBerry...”
It’s presented as if it were Obama’s virtue that someone else sends him devotionals.
Jeremiah Wright barely gets a mention in this article:
“Obama had to distance himself from his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, when his anti-American rantings threatened Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.”
Obama’s Pastor: God D*mn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4443788
“Rev. Wright married Obama and his wife Michelle, baptized their two daughters and is credited by Obama for the title of his book, “The Audacity of Hope.”
An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright’s sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans. “
??
What “faith”? Ubama is an atheist, like his mother.
Oh... That “Reverend Wright” stuff? Heh, when Ubama landed in Chicago to become the South Side’s own Al Sharpton-style “community organizer” and begin his political career he had to find a church to help him with his networking. Wright had a BIG church, and so it worked out nicely for Ubama’s ambitions.
But “faith”?
LMBO!!!
Is the author of this tripe, “Josh Lederman”, looking for a job with the administration? (Or does he already have one.)
Obama has no faith, Christian or Muslim. To me, he’s clearly an atheist.
Every year on Aug. 4, the president’s birthday, Obama convenes a group of pastors by phone to receive their prayers to him for the year to come.
Hurl!
See my post 18 — Rev Wright is mentioned in one sentence.
Sorry — post 28 not 18.
Sure, you can believe in God. As the Bible says, even Satan believes. Faith alone doesn't assure salvation or make one religious. You have to do good. You have to obey God's laws. I don't see any of that in this president.
“Obama has no faith, Christian or Muslim. “
Obama worships himself only.
Away from the spotlight? Two words — Jeremiah Wright.
Josh Lederman
AP’s Lederman Falsely Frames Obamacare Opponents’ Position: It ‘Requires Government to Kill Its Citizens’
By Tom Blumer | September 29, 2013 | 16:54
Overheated and intellectually dishonest statements this weekend revolving around the impending government shutdown have not been limited to politicians in Washington, or even to pundits and commentators.
Saturday at the Associated Press, aka the Administration’s Press, Josh Lederman, in a “Spin Meter” story, falsely claimed that Obamacare opponents believe that the law will mandate the government’s killing of patients. See how he does it after the jump (bolds are mine throughout this post):
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/category/people/josh-lederman#ixzz2iBrwnvfc
He’s the only Christian I know of who supports abortion, even late term abortion. He also condones homosexuality.
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