. >> joining us on booktv on c-span2 is josh dubois.before we get into your book, what is your day job? >> i led the face on 10 faith-based for president obama's first term. >> do you have a church? >> i don't have a church now but i attended a wonderful congregation here in d.c. >> how did you get josÉ with the president and his faith-based initiative? >> i started with them early in the senate term 2005. i was just doing outreach like a lot of other folks and i decided one day this guy needs some rethinking about his cell. decide to send them anyway -- into one morning. to know if we would respond. it was reflection on the 23rd psalm but it will be back and said this is exactly what i needed today. would you do it every single day? that was six years ago. >> when we read "the president's devotional" to what will we find? >> 385 devotionals that of a meaningful to present obama to help him start his day with joy and to get through tough times. you find stories of faith in the white house. president obama like we haven't seen before, vu

dubois. i'm pleased to welcome josh to the show here tonight. being here. >> it's my pleasure. thanks for having me on. >> thank you again. the president said the scripture e-mails you send to him every morning mean the world to him. how did this start? >> you know, i was not intending to be the spiritual adviser to the president of the united states when this got started. i was a young staffer on the 2008 presidential campaign. i had known then-senator obama for a couple years. and i looked at him and saw someone who had tremendous supports around him. he had political support, but i was wondering who's thinking about his spirit and soul. i decided to put together an e-mail for him. it was based on the 23rd psalm how to get restoration in tough times. got his e-mail address and sent it. didn't know if i was going to get fired. he wrote me back and said that's exactly what i've been waiting for. >> so do you think by him starting his day with these e-mails, it helps him get through all of the worldly challenges and problems of the day? >> i thin