Is 'Do Unto Others' the way to bridge the political divide?
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🗓️ 27 November 2024
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Summary
That Sunday was particularly difficult.
A day earlier, a man had nearly assassinated then-candidate Donald Trump forty miles north in Butler. Morgan asked people to pray for Trump and those killed and injured in the shooting, and asked the congregation to pray for the family of the shooter.
Morgan had already planned a sermon series, called Do Unto Others, to deal with the nation's — and his congregation's — political divisions ahead of Election Day.
NPR's Frank Langfitt went to Christ Church the weekend before Election Day – and the weekend after – to see if the efforts there made a difference.
As Americans prepare to come together at Thanksgiving, how do we bridge this country's political divide? And can we?
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, welcome to Christ's Church. I'm so glad you to join it for worship. |
| 0:06.9 | This was the scene in mid-July at Christ United Methodist Church in suburban Pittsburgh. |
| 0:13.0 | That Sunday was a difficult one. A day earlier, a man had nearly assassinated than candidate Donald Trump 40 miles north in Butler, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:23.9 | Pastor Chris Morgan asked people to pray for Trump and the victims of the shooting, |
| 0:29.7 | and he added this. |
| 0:30.9 | We want to be praying for the family of the shooter that lives two streets from this church. |
| 0:37.4 | Morgan had already planned a sermon series to deal with the nations |
| 0:41.3 | and his congregation's political divisions ahead of Election Day. |
| 0:45.2 | We have a series we're doing in the fall called Do On to Others, |
| 0:57.7 | talking about showing kindness in the midst of the world we live in. |
| 1:03.1 | We need to be praying that we do that and that people get that. |
| 1:05.3 | Because there's a lot going on. |
| 1:12.2 | Morgan called the series a movement for civility, built around a handful of sermons, hundreds of due unto other t-shirts, and a whole lot of lawn signs. And Pyrr's Frank Lankfit went to |
| 1:17.9 | Christchurch, the weekend before Election Day and the weekend after, to see if the efforts |
| 1:23.2 | there made a difference. Consider this. As Americans prepare to come together at Thanksgiving, |
| 1:29.7 | how do we bridge this country's political divide? |
| 1:32.7 | And can we? |
| 1:38.7 | From NPR News, I'm Mary Louise Kelly. |
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