Over the course of my life I have seen the rise and rise of one Oprah Gail Winfrey. Through her incredible acumen with the media of television, she has risen to arguably one of the world's most influential (and - according to Forbes, Winfrey is worth over $2.5 billion, as of September, 2007- richest) women. And this is something that has been printed time and again...
Winfrey was called "arguably the World's most powerful woman" by CNN and Time.com, "arguably the most influential woman in the World" by the American Spectator, "one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th Century" and "one of the most influential people" of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Time. Winfrey is the only person in the World to have made all five lists.
At the end of the 20th Century Life listed Winfrey as both the most influential woman and the most influential black person of her generation...
And Vanity Fair wrote, "Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on the culture than any university president, politician, or religious leader, except perhaps the Pope."
As, arguably, the world's most powerful and influential women, people are obviosuly listening to what she has to say about an array of topics, and they are taking her opinion seriously.
So, this is something I wanted to raise with my beloved readership after taking a long blogging hiatis in order to play around in the realm of facebook.
Below is a video that takes a look at a spirituality that is proliferating throughout the western world. A spirituality that finds an anchor point in none other than Oprah. From a, let's call it "fundamental" (without the negative connotations that have often become associated with that term) Christian, standpoint I would love to discuss thoughts on the influence this is truly having.
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