Right now there is a political storm over the relationship and influence that Jeremiah Wright has over a young named Obama. For decades Jeremiah Wright has been the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He has been the pastor of Barak Obama for years. He is a fiery pastor with a galvanizing manner of speaking. He has been critical of the policies and behaviors of our country ands its leadership. He has controversial opinions.So what. No seriously so what. Jeremiah Wright is not running for President. He is not running for anything. He is not even the pastor of the church any longer. Obama has distanced himself from the comments that the media has latched on to. But that is another amazing thing. They weren't even his comments, they were Wright's. Obama has never said anything remotely related to what his pastor said.
I have been a pastor for almost 30 years and I will tell you that few people if any have agreed with me on everything or can remember what I think about most things. If one of the members of my church ran for office, would my sermons, my writings become an issue? Oh please let that never happen. That Obama has had to deal with this is ridiculous. I am not supporting him or not supporting him. That is not the issue. This should have never become an issue. It also demonstrates one of the fatal flaws of our current system, our immaturity. We have news organizations and talk radio that have too much time fill and not enough genuine content, so we go from information to opinion and fluff. Non-issues become center stage. We lap this stuff and come back for seconds.
Hey, Obama has a pastor. He actually goes to church. I have no idea if McCain has a pastor but if he does apparently he hasn't said anything incendiary enough to warrant attention. I don't remember if Hillary has a pastor, but he must be fairly boring as well. Huckabee was a pastor, no one seems to pay attention him or what he says now that he is out of the race. So why are we focused on the words of a retired pastor who said these things years ago before Obama even declared himself a candidate for President.
It is time we grew up and turn off the TV and radio. I am a registered Republican and mostly conservative. But this drives me crazy. Enough already.
1 comments:
I couldn't agree with you more! I recently had relatives who emailed me concern that whether or not Obama's congregation was strictly african cause based or not - as if f they alienated the rest of us! With all due respect, how about being that powerful as a pastor?! That as a pastor people would not only hear your words but act upon them which is the assumption made with Obama. We'd be a lot closer to "loving your neighbor as yourself" by now.
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