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How faith guided former President George H.W. Bush, according to his pastor
NPR ^ | 12/27/2022 | Wynne Davis

Posted on 12/27/2022 11:45:19 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

In the years since former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara's deaths, a number of books have come out about the couple's lives and political careers. But Rev. Russell Levenson, Jr. believed one large part of the couple's lives was missing: their faith.

Levenson serves as the rector at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston and got to know the couple over more than a decade, as the Bushes regularly attended Sunday services. He has reflected a lot on his relationship with them and decided to chronicle not only their lives and deaths but also what he learned from them in his new book, Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush.

"As their priest, as their pastor...I felt like that was an important story to tell because I saw in them what I felt like was a true and earnest faith that really did shape who they were and shape the way in which they lived their lives," he said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bs; bush; ciahitman; faith; franklininstitute; grabbypoppy; paster; president; skullandbones; whokilledkennedy; womanizer
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I always had a what if 41 was reelected in 1992 and what the world would look like without Clinton..
1 posted on 12/27/2022 11:45:19 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It wasn’t in their playbook!
GHW CEDED to Clinton.


2 posted on 12/27/2022 11:47:35 AM PST by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fairh that they could get away with killing Kennedy


3 posted on 12/27/2022 11:48:23 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare its ? And the ambassador to Ukraineelf)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The question is - faith in what?

The CIA?

The deep-state?

Bloated Progressive government?


4 posted on 12/27/2022 11:49:29 AM PST by PGR88
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I always had a what if 41 was reelected in 1992 and what the world would look like without Clinton..

Two peas in a pod running drugs through Mena Arkansas, which is why they were best friends later. Very little difference between them. Like GW Bush and Obama.
5 posted on 12/27/2022 11:50:50 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Mr. K

Faith in a NWO.


6 posted on 12/27/2022 11:51:18 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 of day. )
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Barbara Bush loved her some abortion, so good luck trying to paint her with religiosity, unless of course, organized religion is totally down the tubes.


7 posted on 12/27/2022 11:51:27 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If NPR is covering H W in a positive light it is an indication of how much a deep state creature he was. Granted, he was not as bad as Bill and Hildabeast, but NPR would hate him if he were close to Reagan or Trump.


8 posted on 12/27/2022 11:51:52 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I worked on his original Presidential campaign in 1980. It was only by the grace of God that we got Ronald Reagan instead.


9 posted on 12/27/2022 11:52:32 AM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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“Faith” was a misspelling. Pretty sure “fake” is what was meant.


10 posted on 12/27/2022 11:55:12 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Next time please don’t forget the barf alert.


11 posted on 12/27/2022 11:59:57 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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If NPR is covering H W in a positive light it is an indication of how much a deep state creature he was.

100% correct.

I listen to NPR fairly regularly, to see what state-run central government media is saying and what the deep-state is thinking.

They recently have been particularly unhinged about the Jan. 6 Committee and potential Trump DOJ prosecution. They regularly trot out several of the deepest deep-state hacks, who can only be trusted with the most sensitive political narrative. One in particular is named Mary McCord.

12 posted on 12/27/2022 12:02:24 PM PST by PGR88
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Faith? No, he was there looking for loopholes,


13 posted on 12/27/2022 12:03:40 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: MtnClimber

Exactly.


14 posted on 12/27/2022 12:04:55 PM PST by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When did he repent of the Skull and Bones Society? I missed that part of his conversion experience. God forgive them, they know not what they do! God help me to fully release and forgive them, too. Articles like these make me surprised we don’t see more lightening strikes.


15 posted on 12/27/2022 12:05:45 PM PST by pops88 ( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Assassin. Lovely


16 posted on 12/27/2022 12:09:01 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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I believe that the only faith Bush had any confidence in is the one that teaches that Satan can do a much better job at running the world than that old white racist and His Son. That is why he was so fond of the one world government setup.


17 posted on 12/27/2022 12:09:45 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
When a Republican is praised by National Panhandler Radio he/she has gotta start wondering what they're doing wrong.
18 posted on 12/27/2022 12:22:52 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: PGR88

Exactly right!!!


19 posted on 12/27/2022 12:32:00 PM PST by dragonblustar (If you watch porn then you are a pedophile and a supporter of rape. Repent and be saved! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, faith in the Almighty Dollar and his handlers who gave him some.


20 posted on 12/27/2022 12:32:19 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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