whether god is on our side but whether we are on god s side. here we give thanks for his guidance in our own individual faith journeys. in my life, he directs my path to chicago and my work with churches who were intent on breaking the cycle of poverty and hard-hit communities there. and i m grateful not only because i was broke and the church fed me, but because it led to everything else. it led me to embrace jesus christ as my lord and savior and lead me to michelle, the love of my life, and blessed us with two extraordinary daughters. it led me to public service and the longer a serve, especially in moments of trial or doubt, more thankful i am of god s guiding hand. now here as americans we affirm
whether god is on our side, but whether we are on god s side. and here we give thanks for his guidance in our own individual faith journeys. in my life, he directed my path to chicago and my work with churches, who were intent on breaking the cycle of poverty and hard-get communities there, and i m grateful not only because i was broke and the church fed me, but because it led to everything else. it led me to embrace jesus christ as my lord and savior. it led me to michelle, the love of my life, and it blessed us with two extraordinary daughters. it led me to public service and the longer i serve, especially in moments of trial or doubt, the more thankful i am of god s guiding hand. now, here as americans we affirm
whether we are on god s side. here we give thanks for hissifiedans in our own individual faith journeys. in my life he directed my path to chicago and my work with churches who were intent on breaking the cycle of poverty and make our communities better, and i m grateful not only because i was broke and the church fed me, but because it led to everything else. it led me to embrace jesus christ as my lord and savior, it led me to michelle, the lot of of my life and blessed us with two extraordinary daughters. it led me to public service. and the longer i have serve especially in the time of trial or doubt the more thankful i am for god s gooding handle. we as americans we affirm the
graham and that provided a launching pad for him into the public sphere. more important, he s important because he was able to lure evangelicals out of their subculture and out of their cozy little world that they had constructed in the early decades of the 20th century and into the mainstream of american life and that was symbolized by his very public friendship with the succession of american presidents. and it s remarkable too, not just that friendship that ensued, the faith that they put in the reverend billy graham and how he helped them with their own faith journeys. when he talk about bringing evangelicals out as well, the impact we have seen in the time since, is frankly enormous. it is enormous and i have to say that mr. graham himself was he initially played a