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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.
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
