Video
Twitter
Facebook
RSS Feed
White House names new advisors to faith-based office
By Michelle Boorstein
Then-Senator Barack Obama speaks speaks to the media during his presidential campaign at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008. (Reuters)
The White House today named some of the new members of an advisory council that advises the president on partnerships between the government and faith-based non-profits.
The Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships is part of President Obama's broad outreach to faith-based groups, a network of offices that includes a dozen branches in agencies from the Justice Department to Health and Human Services to International Development and other staff.
Among the newly named members:
Lynn Hybels, Co-founder and Advocate for Global Engagement at the Willow Creek Community Church
Leith Anderson, President of the National Association of Evangelicals
The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Read the full list here.
The first council of 25 members ended its term last year and the White House today released the names of 12 members of the second council. The other names are still being vetted. As it was last time, the list includes major names from the world of organized religion, including leaders of denominations (the spiritual heads of the Episcopal Church, the Greek Orthodox Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), advocacy groups (the head of the National Association of Evangelicals and past-president of a major group of Catholic nuns) and large non-profits (the president of United Way).
The last group attracted a lot of attention partially because the administration was new and Americans were eager for a sense of who Obama saw as his "advisors" on faith issues. Two years later it's clear that group's scope was extremely limited and the most broad, controversial issue, faith-based nonprofits, was taken off their table. (At issue was whether faith-based groups partnering with the government have the right to hire only people of their own faith.)
Officials said the new group - which will eventually be up to a full, 25-person roster - will continue to focus on the same priorities as the last group, which include: promoting fatherhood, boosting interfaith cooperation and above all, smoothing partnerships between faith-based and secular non-profit groups and the government. Such groups run a vast amount of social services in the United States.
Rather than be a direct pipeline for religious progressives to the president, as some religious conservatives feared, the office has adopted the conservative view on several contentious issues that come up in the non-profit world -- a tact some see as a strategic way to be close to religious conservatives. The White House has left in place the Bush administration policy of letting groups discrimination on the basis of religion in hiring, for example.
The Obama administration has sought to tone down religious culture war issues and makes a display of how ideologically broad their advisory council members are. The White House also sought at the beginning of Obama's term to differentiate itself from the Bush administration's stated strategy of helping faith groups access money, emphasizing that funding is tight and faith-based groups would be primarily getting guidance. However, the scope and impact of the White House's outreach isn't yet clear. Politico did an interesting story a few months ago about the significant chunk of stimulus money that has gone to faith-based groups.
Michelle Boorstein
| February 4, 2011; 6:55 PM ET | Category: God in Government , Under God Save & Share:
Previous: Obama at National Prayer Breakfast: Presidency has 'deepened my faith' | Next: For some churches, Super Bowl Sunday is 'Porn Sunday'
Posted by: wiki-truth | February 5, 2011 10:16 AM
Report Offensive Comment
1) “Let there be NO Worship of JEALOUSY as a G_D/G-d/ALLAH/iSHVARA et al!”
2) “Let there be NO Abuse of LOVE to forgive UNCORRECTED-SIN(s)!”
3) “Let there be NO Hassling over a NAME for G-d!”
4) “Let there be NO Denial of Freedom of the O.ne U.niversal R.eligion et al!”
5) “Let there be NO Dishonoring of HONORABLE Parents!”
6) “Let there be NO Unjustifiable HOMICIDE or HURTING!”
7) “Let there be NO Sex with Non-CONSENTERS or BEASTS!”
8) “Let there be NO Theft from NON-Thieves or Non-USURER’S!”
9) “Let there be NO False WITNESSING or Un-JUST Judging!”
0) “Let there be NO Envy of HU{MATES or HUMANS Who Honor These Holyi 13-Fiats!”
11 “Let there be NO Denial of the Holyi TETRA-NEEDS (Food, Shelter, Love & Clothes)!”
12 “Let there be NO Procrastination or Laziness!”
13 “Let there Be NO Denial To Self Nor Others whom Contemplate REALITY via their Own Cosmic “TRANS{FiNiTY, a Miracle, Zero Sin or Curse, in Holyi-Motion !”
Note: Even though these Fiats are "MADE IN AMERICA" for Americans 1st, and the others 2nd that, Without These 13-Fiats (10 +3) Then There Can NEVER-BE [Genuine] PEACE On S.S. Earth (Public and in Private) let alone for GRIDARIAN-DEMOCRACY.
___
So, YEYO see Now? WE [i] HUUMATE(s) of S.S. TELLUSng something art bless'th via the amazing Grace of our O.U.R. "TEN-FiATS of The NEW-SONG + "IT"s 3/THREE Alternate COMMANDMENTS!.
SO, The Old-time TEN COMMANDMENTS is classed as being 'Old Time Religion' now. Soo, Better think & DO via the TEN FIATS + 3 (13 COMMANDMENTS) of "IT" {Nay a HE nor a SHE} that's justly being "iTSELF" (Eponymous EKLAHti-ON) in and out of US ALL".
Think "ETERNITY AVOIDING LONLINESS". Hint: Because that's What "IT" DOes! AND
Best of All, "IT" Can NEVER (NO) Break IT's Own LAWS! Only YeYo HUMANs (as if 'God's Chosen) DO that Nonsense (Even in YeYo ScripTURES; but NOt US-HUE{MATES (Naturally Select'd) a/k/a HU{MATE(s) or HUUMATE(s) of {NEBULA-BUILT} S.pace-S.hip EARTH(of manymanymany)! WE [i] art No Longer HUMAN(s)!
iNCAMERA (Opposite REVEALation): WE [i] art Always DUE-TO-BE!" Believe YeYo, or Perish.
Praise The HOLYI NO MON/WOM! Praise "IT"! i.e.,
"In 'IT' WE[i] TRUST!" FUTURE-BOUND & SPACE-FORTH Ready!
Note: HU{MATE(s) a.k.a HUUMATES, Cannot Live by the TEN+ FIATS OF THE NEW SONG (Born'th for all our Oldy's of course). But T-O-G-E-T-H-E-R with the TETRA-4-NEEDS:
[ FOOD, 2[ SHELTER, 3[ COMPANIONSHIP//love, 4[ CLOTHES. And try to KEEP BUSY YO! Else
IF Any one of these 4-Needs r lacking or missing Then 'Houston' Ye Yo (not WE) got's a Problemo/a. THIS IS [real] HAPPINESS! No Need for Psychiatrists nor Psychologist. Less Mental [National & Global] Stress!
SEX IS NOT LOVE! Therefore: LiFE IS L-O-V-E!
"Something To Live For, Not To Die For"!
Posted by: wiki-truth | February 5, 2011 10:28 AM
Report Offensive Comment
Last Time:
Besides The TEN+3 FiATS of The New-Song [Philosophy] along with the Holyi TETRA-NEEDS below: THAT
HERE: is the HUEMATE//HUUMATEs APOCALYPTARIAN, HIGH PRAYER OF EKLAHTi-ON EC{LATARiAN) FAITH:
_
"DEAR Ec{lat/Eklahti of my Holy heart-Beat//O' "IT"//..
(God/Lord if ye like)
..//Please Hear me BIOMENTAL Prayer Fully//And grant i the SYNERGY of ye ways//i Love ye EPONYMOUSLY//Ye art Holy, holy, Holyi//your kingdom is coming to pass Synergetically//On space-Ship Earths as ye are//i hear your Song//i always feel your presence//i love ye for it//And i ask that ye guide me here daily//Give me the holy Insight and Pattern-Recognition//To enjoy LIFE and make a good living//Forgive me MIZANICALLY, O'EKLAHti//In proportion to how i forgive others//The Temptations that have be fallen me//i do not need, SO DELIVER ME FROM ILL-INTENTIONS NOW//i [WE] live on ye Ship to Avoid Lonliness//And i perceive the glory of ye TRANF{NITY//Please interpret me hope in terms of ye glory//O' "IT" Grant me what i [WE] deserve//HOLiNOMEN!"
___
SUMMARY: If ANY 'Huemate' of [this] bless'th Space-Ship Earth, a.k.a S.S. GEOiD, S.S. GAiA, S.S. TELLUSng something; Meet these Three-Essentiates or Necessities [10+ Fiats, Tetra-Needs & the Ekl;ahti-On Prayer] Then LONG LIFE will come to Any and All whom Uphold, Magnify & Make Honorable These [Simple] things. THEREFORE:
-
TO ALL, EVERY & ANY "HUUMATE in CONTiNUUM" via "ETERNITY AVOiDING LONLiNESS." WHEREFORE:
-
Ameennnnnn...
Ommmmmmm...
Aummmmmm...
Vahhhhhhhhh... AND now Sing
EKLAHhhhht-iON...
.
............................. ._.
........................ ._.|._.|._.
.................... , .|._.| .. |._.|._
.................... | .|. . |. . |. . |._.|
.................... | .|. . |. . |. . |. . |
.................... | .|. . |. . |. . |. . |
................ ._.| .|. . |. . |. . |. . |
........... | .| .) .\ . . ..^ ..^ ..^ . .|
........... | .| . .| . . . . . . . . . .. |
........... | .| . .| . . . . . . . . . .. |
........... |. | . .| . . . . . . . . . .. |
........... \ .\ . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
............ \ .\ . . . . . . . . . . . ../
............. ). \ . . . . . . . . . . .(
............ /. .. \ . . . . . . . . . . .\
.......... / . . . . \ . . . . . . . . . .. \
.......... . . . . . . \ . . . . . . . . . . .\
.......... . . . . . . . \ .. . . . . . . . . ..\
.
1) Inhale 'E' (sounds like HE/SHE slightly)
2) Exhale 'KLAH' (use 't' for stop-gap in 'time') pause in a Mini Second, THEN
3) Inhale 'i' (sounds like hiii).
.
PEACE, PAZ, SHALOM, SALAAM, MIR, ZHINGYU, AHIMSA, SHANTi, ONKAR, …
.
Credits "JJ" http://onwapo.wordpress.com/
Posted by: wiki-truth | February 5, 2011 10:56 AM
Report Offensive Comment
W E L C O M E
On board [Nebula-Built] S.S. Blue-Dot!
To The HOlyi COsmic FEelers FAith [HO-CO-FE-FA] SYSTEM ob Belief, Like a Religion, but based on Reality/Truth (opposite Myth).
Behold: The "RELiGION Of EVERY THING before The SCIENCE OF EVERYTHING"!
Praise "IT"! [NO 'HE' nor a 'SHE'].
"O' HOLiNOMEN!
Posted by: wiki-truth | February 5, 2011 11:12 AM
Report Offensive Comment
"The White House has left in place the Bush administration policy of letting groups discrimination on the basis of religion in hiring, for example."
Bad writing on the post's part. Not to mention the poor grammar. Not an accurate statement. The courts have consistently upheld these organizations right to hire those in keeping with their belief system, a right that secular groups enjoy. This is supposed to be news not an opinion piece right? A suggested edit "The White House has left in place the Bush administration policy of letting groups exercise their right to hire on the basis of religion, for example."
Posted by: detroitblkmale30 | February 5, 2011 11:21 AM
Report Offensive Comment
And DETROITBLKMALE30 gives us a fine example of Christian Politics 101 - the wordplay lab.
Let's try rephrasing some of the other 'discriminations' we've all been brought up to feel negatively about, maybe we can enhance our abilities to practice them and nobody will be the wiser.
Letting groups exercise their right to hire on the basis of race.
Yeah, that's it. Discriminating against racially unsatisfactory people sounds bad, the rephrase sounds much better.
Letting groups exercise their right to hire on the basis of sex.
And boom, there goes the problem the feminists are always whining about. Discrimination based on sex is ugly, exercising a right to hire based on sex ... why, who could complain about that?
... right to hire on the basis of sexual orientation. Bamm, there goes that 'homo' problem, nobody would accuse you of being homophobic, you're just exercising your right to hire on the basis of who's boinking whom. Or what for that matter.
So tell us, DETROITBLKMALE30, if you're user id is descriptive, how much of a dance do you have to do in your mind to make your rephrasing of 'discrimination against' into the more palatable 'discrimination for' ?
Are you sure you want people to start doing this?
Posted by: eezmamata | February 6, 2011 8:43 AM
Report Offensive Comment
GOOD BYE OLD-TiME "10-TEN COMMANDMENTS""!