Church can be model for Obama team, McCurry says - UMC.org

Church can be model for Obama team, McCurry says - UMC.org: "President Barack Obama is ushering in a time of “great awakening,” and faith will play a big role in his presidency, said former White House press secretary Mike McCurry.

“We are rediscovering a prophetic big-based voice on the left, on the center left, to match what I think has been common on the religious right for some time,” he said in an interview with United Methodist News Service. “The Democratic Party and the progressive side of our political movement moved away from religion and politics during the 1970s and 80s.”

McCurry served as press secretary under President Bill Clinton and is a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Kensington, Md."