Off to the inauguration

We are off to Washington DC today.  Check out our updates on Twitter (caminopr).  Bishop Gene Robinson is kicking off today’s ceremonies.  Here’s my favorite quote from Gene about the words he is preparing for this afternoon, as reported in the New York Times:

“I am very clear,” he said, “that this will not be a Christian prayer, and I won’t be quoting Scripture or anything like that. The texts that I hold as sacred are not sacred texts for all Americans, and I want all people to feel that this is their prayer.” Bishop Robinson said he might address the prayer to “the God of our many understandings,” language that he said he learned from the 12-step program he attended for his alcohol addiction.

We’ll probably be on the New Jersey turnpike when Gene makes his remarks this afternoon.  Even with the snowstorm and our very crowded minivan and the massive traffic jam headed toward DC, it will feel amazing, hurtling toward a new leadership.