Prayers and excitement over Obama intermingle with faith at black churches

[RamboLiberal]

The city's black churches saw some particularly passionate praying Sunday.

For many African-American congregants, a miracle appears to be at hand: not only is America poised to elect a black president, but seems about to do so by a landslide.

"Tuesday is Election Day. It is a day of transformation in our lives," the Rev. Floyd Flake told his flock in Queens.

In Brooklyn, the Rev. Herbert Daughtry kept politics off the pulpit at the House of the Lord Church, but afterwards marveled at the history Barack Obama might make tomorrow.

"In the South, we didn't get into statehouses unless it was through the backdoor with a mop or a broom. Now there's a possibility that a black person might hold the highest position in the land. That's a dreamy possibility," said the 78-year-old preacher.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/11/02/2008-11-02_prayers_and_excitement_over_obama_interm.html

Something the fundies in the white churches forget - there are many praying to God(in whatever name they pray to) for Obama to win as well.

[99th_Monkey]

1. There are many praying all over the freakin' World. ...that America once again becomes a beacon

.. of REAL HOPE, backed up by acting forcefully on a belief that ALL humans are endowed with "certain inalienable rights" ...

Hell, here's a video of a bunch of Shamans in Peru warding off any evil forces that might prevent Obama from being elected.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7699066.stm

[monmouth]

2. Thanks for posting this. I had an earlier thread asking what was

happening in the AA churches Sunday morning. Wish I could have been there, the glorious singing, praying. A day of transformation in our lives and the world is on the way!