The Faith & Values of Sarah Palin

During the first half of the program today, I will speak with Daniel Olasky, correspondent for WORLD Magazine about the 2010 Hope Award for Effective Compassion presented by WORLD Magazine and the American Bible Society. The 2010 winner is Freedom for Youth in Des Moines, Iowa.

On the second half of the program I will speak with New York Times best-selling author, Stephen Mansfield about his most recent book, entitled, The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin.

"She stepped onto the world stage as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the election of 2008. Previously, she had only been a small town mayor and the governor of a state with slightly more than half a million people. Still, there was something about her. She was pretty, fierce in her conservatism and she seemed undaunted by the slings and arrows of national politics. And there was something else, as well: there was a moral force that seemed to shape her life. As the world grew to know Sarah Palin throughout the 2008 campaign and in her subsequent public appearances and book people began to see the force behind her: a deep, Christian faith. This faith was the lens through which she viewed the world, the bedrock of her politics, and even a primary influence upon her personality. To understand Sarah Palin, it is essential to understand her faith." (from the publisher)