St. Maximos' Hut

USA Today, which I got outside my hotel room door this morning, touts Oprah as "a moral voice of authority for the nation" and "a spiritual leader for the new millenium."

If that's not enough, the story includes the following:

"She's a really hip and materialistic Mother Teresa," says Kathryn Lofton, a professor at Reed College in Portland, Ore., who has written two papers analyzing the religious aspects of Winfrey. "Oprah has emerged as a symbolic figurehead of spirituality."

Let's see - a "hip and materialistic" Mother Teresa would be.... not Mother Teresa!

The article is worth reading to get a complete sense of the sad state of spirituality in America today.