What I’ve actually found is caution. I’ve read back over earlier inaugural prayers over the last 30 or 40 years and I’ve been shocked at how aggressively Christian they are. I intend not to invoke the Name of Jesus…..rather than insert that and exclude them (non-Christians) from the prayer. I want this to be a prayer to the god of many understandings.
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Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson in an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered when asked if he “found inspiration in previous inaugural prayers?”
This is a man who leads the Episcopal Church, a Christian ecclesial community, at least in name, and this is the one who has been chosen to pray at one of the president-elect’s innauguration events. Brilliant. If this doesn’t set off any red flags, let me know, I’ll get the tack hammer.
You can hear the NPR interview here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99311912
