The interesting thing about this article, though, are the vastly different effects it will have on whoever reads it. Lines such as, "God has given her the opportunity to serve. And God has given her the strength to serve," or "...we have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan, and that plan is God's plan," sound normal to me.  Growing up in the Bible belt often puts you in places and in company that freely and casually use this sort of religious language. But to the ears of a large number of other Americans, speaking about God's will and talking about seeking guidance from pastors sounds foreign and even frightening.

After reading the article, I felt encouraged, because I do believe that a person's faith, if sincerely believed, can not help but appear in how they seek advice, how they do their job and how they use their language. The article only reaffirmed what I felt should exist in Sarah Palin - a boldness and unashamedness in drawing strength from her faith. But I doubt that encouragement was the intent of the article. Rather, I think the article tries to diagnose another fever. Not only does the media have a bit of Sarah Palin fever at the moment, the media has found a bit of religious fever in Sarah Palin. Some Americans will read the article and will go away praising the religious purity of Palin, but others, and probably the majority, will go away frightened at the thought that McCain's VP is contaminated with religious fever.