# Wow, that was a good prayer from Rev. Robinson! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126 "2009-01-20T14:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/1 "2009-01-20T14:14:14Z")
I just read Rev. Gene Robinson’s prayer for Obama and I was really impressed with it. The first half is a more general prayer for, I suppose, the American citizens, but could be applied to anyone in the world. I know that theism isn’t always the most popular following on the dope, but this was too good of a prayer not to share. I believe that even some of the non-theists may enjoy it. Here’s the [link](http://www.nhepiscopal.org/). Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/2 "2009-01-20T16:00:23Z")
Very nice! I am an agnostic, but found that to be a moving and eloquent invocation. Thanks for posting it! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/3 "2009-01-20T17:13:20Z")
Yeah, too bad it [wasn’t broadcast](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=34785) like it was supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/4 "2009-01-20T17:21:40Z")
Hell, I started a Pit thread about it not being broadcast. Even I was freakin’ shocked! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/5 "2009-01-20T17:21:50Z")
Bishop Robinson visited Seattle last week. I’m not a churchgoer, but my girlfriend is, and Robinson just happened to be giving the sermon at a special evensong service at her church. She asked if I wanted to tag along; I said, hell yes. I’m not in the least religious but Robinson’s sermon was spine-tinglingly inspiring, on both a spiritual and a secular level. He’s a truly special man. Up close, he’s also remarkably tiny. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/6 "2009-01-20T17:31:03Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Hell, I started a Pit thread about it not being broadcast. Even I was freakin’ shocked! Yeah, I did a search for his name and saw that you opened that thread. I’m not much one for the pit, but I encourage those interested in bemoaning the many potential reasons he was put on the schedule before the broadcast time to visit that pit thread. I decided to go ahead and open an MPSIMS thread on the topic of his prayer because I thought it was simply wonderful. The blessings he wished upon the American people echo my own prayers. I thought my fellow dopers might enjoy the prayer as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-good-prayer-from-rev-robinson/482126/7 "2009-01-20T20:49:09Z")
At our newspaper office, we listened online to NPR, and they carried the prayer, which this agnostic/athiest (on alternate Tuesdays) found perfectly suitable.