Beliefnet yesterday carried an interesting portrayal of the activities of 26-year old Joshua DuBois, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Every morning he sends a devotional message to President Obama's Blackberry, and daily receives some 750 e-mails from religious leaders, government officials and reporters. DuBois speaks to various religious groups, meets with a wide variety of religious leaders (as well as with secularists), and helps write Obama's speeches that deal with religion. In his private life, DuBois is a Big Brother to a teenager in Boston. He also keeps up a 5-year relationship with his girl friend. DuBois was raised in the African Methodist Episcopal Church an associate pastor at a small African-American Pentecostal church while he was an undergraduate at Boston University.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that yesterday the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships held its first face-to-face meeting at White House offices. Previously the Council met through telephone conference calls.
