Obama Reflects on Resurrection, Kansas Shooting at Easter Prayer Breakfast
President Barack Obama hosted religious leaders from various denominations on Monday for the fifth annual Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House, taking time to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the "glory of the resurrection."
Participants included Pastor Joel Hunter of Northland, A Church Distributed, who delivered the opening prayer at the prayer breakfast; the Rev. Otis Moss of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, who delivered the sermon; Christian singer/songwriter Carlos Whittaker; Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, who led the closing prayer; civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton; civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery; Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; and Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.
Obama thanked the Christian leaders for their work...
