The retired megachurch pastor and one-time architect of the religious right has spent the last year trying to eat, pray, talk and even vote as Jesus would. His revelation: Being Jesus is tough.

"I’ve concluded that I am a follower, but I’m not a very good one," Dobson said. "If you get serious about the Bible, it will really mess you up."

But a year of living like Jesus has affected Dobson in deeply spiritual and unexpected ways. He has witnessed for Jesus in bars, picked up strangers needing rides and voted for a Democrat who he believes best reflects Christ’s teachings. During recent Christmas celebrations, as Christians worshipped the Christ child born in a manger, Dobson appreciated more than ever the man who preached love, only to die on a cross.

Charles Honey of the Religion News Service has more on the fascinating story: Link

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Note: A.J. Jacobs also did this and wrote a book about it: The Year of Living Biblically