Yesterday, I gave an overview of my visit with the Executive Office of the President and White House staff. I was a part of a delegation of “goodwill Baptists”, in which there were about 60 of us from around the country. For part 1 and background on the meeting, please click here.
Looking back on the meeting, there are several things that I want to share with you. First, as I have blogged about before, faith and ethics inform this White House administration. Several of the administration officials spoke of their own experience with their churches and how their Christianity guides their work. It is clear that the administration is fighting such social ills as human trafficking and economic problems such as the mortgage crisis. And, did you know that at 14 federal agencies there are faith-based offices?
At the meeting, two officials were presented with a Common English Bible translation, which was given as “a moral document”. The translation renders the words “stranger” or “alien” as “immigrant”. Paul Monteiro, associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Julie Rodriguez, associate director of the Office of Public Engagement received a Bible:
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