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I find the report to be suspect.
It makes no sense that Palin who is strong Christian would go to Warren for advice and not her own pastor.
From a comment posted at hotair.com:

Sarah did ask her previous pastor first and it is a beautiful response: The story of Esther. Are you sure the Rick Warren story is right or did he lift it from here?
Bible is Palin’s professional guide, friends and pastors say
By Kirk Johnson and Kim Severson Published: September 7, 2008
WASILLA, Alaska: Shortly after taking office as governor in 2006, Sarah Palin sent an e-mail message to Paul Riley, her former pastor in the Assembly of God Church, which her family began attending when she was a youth. She needed spiritual advice in how to do her new job, said Riley, who is 78 and retired from the church.
“She asked for a biblical example of people who were great leaders and what was the secret of their leadership,” Riley said.
He wrote back that she should read again from the Old Testament the story of Esther, a beauty queen who became a real one, gaining the king’s ear to avert the slaughter of the Jews and vanquish their enemies. When Esther is called to serve, God grants her a strength she never knew she had.
Riley said he thought that Palin had lived out the advice as governor and would do so again as the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee.
“God has given her the opportunity to serve,” he said. “And God has given her the strength to carry out her goals.”
gracie on September 11, 2008 at 2:39 PM