“I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition. I'm not trying to make a statement one way or another. I'll do what everybody else does.”
Barack Obama
The president-elect was telling the Chicago Tribune that he will include his middle name, Hussein, when he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. (RNS)
“The more seriously we take God, the less seriously we need to take ourselves.”
Joel Hunter
The Florida megachurch pastor was speaking about the need for evangelicals to be able to laugh at themselves. He was quoted by USA Today. (RNS)
“We're good about pulling people out of the water, but we don't ask who threw them in the water.”
Eric Reese
The retiring executive director of Catholic Charities of Onodaga County, N.Y., was advocating for a systematic approach to fighting poverty. He was quoted by the Post-Standard of Syracuse, N.Y. (RNS)