Spooky Word of the Day: Faith-Based

Check out last night's interview on Fresh Air.Terry Gross interviewed David Kuo who is the former deputy director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He left in December 2003. He says he was disillusioned with the administration because they failed to actually fund faith-based charities, and they used compassion and religion for political ends. He is the author of the new memoir Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction.

I know some of you have the inside scoop on the White House's Faith-Based initiative and would love to hear your anonymous comments on David Kuo's assessment that politicians, via the Faith-Based Initiative, have totally manipulated Christian conservatives to their own ends.

One thing I really appreciated from listening to his interview was his unapologetic seeking to submit to the authority of Jesus Christ and to fully adore Him. The main reason he stepped away from politics was that he could no longer tolerate being a part of what he feels is Our Lord's Holy name being dragged through political mud.