The young minister’s alarm goes off at 6 a.m., time for his own devotional and the one he will send to the president of the United States.
This particular morning, Joshua DuBois meditates on the disciple Peter’s first letter to the early church. The text he prays over and e-mails to Barack Obama half an hour later is about something else.
It’s a private start to the day for the president and the pastor, a spiritual BlackBerry session they guard carefully.