Posted on 01/30/2010 7:33:38 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Has the First Family's D.C. Church Search Come to a Close?
If church attendance is one measure of a man's faith, then President Obama may appear to have lost some of his. The first family, once regular churchgoers, have publicly attended services in Washington just three times in the past year, by ABC News' count, even bypassing the pews on Christmas Day.
The Obamas will start looking for a church community in Washington, D.C.Obama quit Chicago's embattled Trinity United Church of Christ months before taking office in 2008 and has not formally joined a new one in his new hometown.
But sources familiar with the president's personal life say Obama remains a faithful Christian while in the White House, practicing his beliefs regularly in private with family and the aid of his BlackBerry.
"Barack Obama is a Christian. He's always been clear and unapologetic about that, and he's comfortable with his own faith," Rev. Jim Wallis, an Obama friend and spiritual adviser, said. "But I think the president, particularly a president, needs the kind of pastoral care or spiritual counsel with people who don't have a political agenda. And it's hard for a president to get that."
Obama told ABC Nightline's Terry Moran that his personal BlackBerry, which he famously fought with the Secret Service to keep, has actually become a tool of keeping the faith during his first year in office.
"My Faith and Neighborhood Initiatives director, Joshua DuBois, he has a devotional that he sends to me on my BlackBerry every day," Obama said. "That's how I start my morning. You know, he's got a passage, Scripture, in some cases quotes from other faiths to reflect on."
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Does he Tithe from the blackberry as well?
Muslims don’t typically attend Christian services.
BS.
I bet the SS has a hard time keeping his prayer rug under wraps for him to use five times a day.
I didn’t know that mosques and madrassas broadcast their anti-American tripe on Blackberrys.
LOL! He worships at the Church of the Holy Blackberry!
Isn’t that SPESHUL?
Can’t wait for the SNL skit
Wouldn’t we love to see Dana Garvey the Church lady exchanging text message with obama
Tiger Woods managed his life from his Blackberry, as well. 'Jes sayin'.
What do you call a “Christian” who’s policies result in an increase in the homeless and needy?
Evil?
He kept his Blackberry so he could order his drugs and arrange for pickups.
What a surprise!
Thats the last thing some of them do. boooooom
“My Faith and Neighborhood Initiatives director, Joshua DuBois, he has a devotional that he sends to me on my BlackBerry every day,” Obama said. “That’s how I start my morning. You know,...... quotes from other faiths to reflect on.” Oh, Oh. MMM, MMM, MMMuslim.
...and here I thought he was a member of the First Church of the Perpetual Narcissist: The nearest gym with mirrors.
Good point. He successfully destroyed his life with that thing. Hope that's not the case with our country - on the other hand Sue Collins got religion today so maybe there is hope.
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Whether he’s a Christian or not really isn’t an issue. We’ve had agnostic presidents in the past. The point is he made a big deal about finding a church and still hasn’t “found” one. That suggests it’s just another LIE and he’s playing the American people like idiots.
What are they talking about?? He prays 5 times a day!!
Blackberry Religion. What a crock of media-dosing shit. Just an excuse, as with all the MSM excuses forged for this EO President and Muslim-in-Chief.
Well, I guess we can all just wonder what those 'other faith(s)' are, can't we?
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