In his Weekly Standard article “Clinging to Her Religion: The Faith Journey of Sarah Palin,” Christian Terry Eastland rises above the hysteria and the noise in the best article yet on Sarah Palin’s religion. A sample:
Kroon [Palin’s pastor at Wasilla Bible Church] says that his church has had programs for children with special needs, that it supports the pro-life Heart Reach Pregnancy Center, which helps women in crisis pregnancies, and that it participates in house-building efforts undertaken by Habitat for Humanity. Rarely does Wasilla Bible have outside speakers, the most recent one a leader of Jews for Jesus. The church sometimes promotes events sponsored by outside groups, such as a recent Focus on the Family conference on overcoming unwanted same-sex attraction held in Anchorage.Those who attend Wasilla Bible tend to be social conservatives. Kroon describes himself as “pro-life.” But the church, he says, doesn’t get involved in politics. “We’re extreme the other way. We put everything else down when we worship, whether it’s politics or anything else. The church is the church. Worship is worship.”
