Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama for his selections of Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, and of Civil Rights Leader and minister, Dr. Joseph Lowery, to deliver the benediction. Again--just as he has done in his Cabinet and Transition Team selections--President-Elect Obama has thoughtfully and carefully selected these two men who have their doctorates in Divinity and are known in the religious community. As Christians, they know that you don’t judge people on lies and innuendoes and that you are there to represent God, not any political party. Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Joseph Lowery, an Alabama native, founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Lowery’s résumé speaks for itself.

Those who want to criticize President-elect Obama, Rick Warren or Joseph Lowery must really have nothing better to do but nitpick. Could it be that they so want to believe that President-Elect Obama is Muslim and not Christian, that they will try to undermine anything he does? I admire Mr. Obama’s decision-making process, his demeanor, his steadiness in the face of all the problems facing him and his administration. He is a leader. Please let him lead.