I'm Krista Tippett, today a public conversation with Joshua Du Bois, the 26-year-old political

strategist and Pentecostal minister who is heading the office of faith-based and neighborhood

partnerships in the Obama White House.

We'll explore what is being retained from the Bush years, what will change, and how the

experience of the Obama campaign shaped Joshua Du Bois' vision of what is possible.

We're all told that our differences are so broad and wide and there's no bridge that

can span them, but I've been in the little churches in Montana and in temples in New

York and you know everywhere in between and there's so many things that people actually

agree on and so that was just startling.

I wasn't expecting that.

I was expecting quite frankly more pushback, more heat and there was a tremendous amount

of light instead.

This is speaking of faith, stay with us.

This public radio podcast is supported by the Fetzer Institute as part of its campaign

for Love and Forgiveness, online at loveandforgive.org.

I'm Krista Tippett, the very words faith-based became controversial during the Bush administration,

but Barack Obama has retained the faith-based centers and 11 federal agencies that his

predecessor created and within weeks of assuming the presidency he announced priority

areas for his own White House office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships, including

economic recovery and poverty reduction, abortion reduction, responsible fatherhood, and global

interfaith dialogue.

This hour we meet the 26-year-old who will lead this charge.

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