Causing Waves

When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate this is what he said:

"Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good", but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.

We have abused power and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it free expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 weeeks, the Central Christian Church where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea...

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayed on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story', and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.

From my point of view, I don't know if I agree with 'where' he did this, but I like that he had 'gumption'. Having myself been on 'welfare' I am not saying I agree with everything he said. But I think sometimes I feel we are too far from bringing 'God' back into politics, however if we call ourselves 'One nation under God' then....