Tomorrow night Barack Obama will be in Portland for his first trip to the Rose City as a presidential candidate. I’m looking forward to being at the Oregon Convention Center with thousands of other Oregonians to welcome to senator. Over the last couple of months I’ve been volunteering with the campaign as a writer for the website People of Faith for Barack. As I said in June:

Barack Obama has shown leadership on the most pressing moral issues of our day – such as the war in Iraq and the global AIDS crisis. During his time in the Illinois Legislature and in the United States Senate he has demonstrated that his values cannot be compromised by prevailing political winds.

Christians, Jews, Muslims – all people of faith in America – share in a deep and abiding love for this nation. But many of us, as William Sloane Coffin would have said, have a “lover’s quarrel” with America. We know things can be better. We know all Americans need health care. We know that no one should be homeless in the world’s richest nation. We know that global warming threatens God’s own earth and that as the stewards of creation we are called forth to protect this planet. We are also called to be peacemakers in times of conflict.

Barack Obama shares these values and when elected president will embody them as he makes decisions in the Oval Office. When that day comes we will be a better nation.

If you're in Oregon take this opportunity to come and support one of the most inspiring and talented political leaders of our day.

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