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Democrats Have a Problem With Religion. One Man Is Helping Fix It. -To build durable movements for pluralistic democracy, we first need to distinguish between “religion,” which is defined by distinctions and differences, and “faith, ” which is a universal component of the human experience. Simply being alive requires faith to make sense of a chaotic and often cruel world. Faith acknowledges common value in connecting disparate communities and cultures. Faith sustains individuals who often reflect on a life that struggles to measure up by individual metrics. Faith addresses primal needs for meaning and spiritual sustenance that transcend any specific religion or belief system. Warnock’s speech on Monday night stepped into that breach. When he acknowledged his 2020 victory as an advancement for Black Georgians and in the next breath honored the victory of his friend and colleague Sen. Jon Ossoff as a first for Jewish Georgians, he bound our fates and our joys in one. He modeled that we can be proud of our distinctions while celebrating our universal humanity. He showed a refusal to yield an inch to the divide-and-conquer tactics of the right.
*the section so many of us found most arresting in Warnock’s speech was his conclusion, which also sounded a key of deep spirituality: “I need my neighbor’s children to be OK so that my children will be OK. I need all of my neighbors’ children to be OK. Poor inner-city children in Atlanta and poor children of Appalachia. I need the poor children of Israel and the poor children of Gaza. I need Israelis and Palestinians. I need those in the Congo, those in Haiti, those in Ukraine. I need American children on both sides of the track to be OK because we are all God’s children.” *
I think this passage was so resonant because it breathed life into the liberal belief system underlying so many of our principles and policies. And we too often take for granted that voters can see that notion for themselves. from Slate.com
Part one part one:Alex Sammon slate.com Bernie’s DNC Speech Sounded Like Everyone Else’s. That’s Astonishing. It barely made headlines, but it speaks volumes about how the Democratic Party has changed.
*part two *Marcia Brown is a food and agriculture reporter at POLITICO *Democrats worry a new Supreme Court precedent* *will be ‘used and abused’ to thwart Biden’s legacy.*
Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> ‘ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Warnock, faith, religion, Democrats,Alex Sammon, Slate dot com, Bernie, DNC, Marcia Brown, Politico, Chevron Doctrine, Supreme Court, regulations, federal bureaucracy, executive branch–
*KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
Democrats Have a Problem With Religion. One Man Is Helping Fix It. -To build durable movements for pluralistic democracy, we first need to distinguish between “religion,” which is defined by distinctions and differences, and “faith, ” which is a universal component of the human experience. Simply being alive requires faith to make sense of a chaotic and often cruel world. Faith acknowledges common value in connecting disparate communities and cultures. Faith sustains individuals who often reflect on a life that struggles to measure up by individual metrics. Faith addresses primal needs for meaning and spiritual sustenance that transcend any specific religion or belief system. Warnock’s speech on Monday night stepped into that breach. When he acknowledged his 2020 victory as an advancement for Black Georgians and in the next breath honored the victory of his friend and colleague Sen. Jon Ossoff as a first for Jewish Georgians, he bound our fates and our joys in one. He modeled that we can be proud of our distinctions while celebrating our universal humanity. He showed a refusal to yield an inch to the divide-and-conquer tactics of the right.
*the section so many of us found most arresting in Warnock’s speech was his conclusion, which also sounded a key of deep spirituality: “I need my neighbor’s children to be OK so that my children will be OK. I need all of my neighbors’ children to be OK. Poor inner-city children in Atlanta and poor children of Appalachia. I need the poor children of Israel and the poor children of Gaza. I need Israelis and Palestinians. I need those in the Congo, those in Haiti, those in Ukraine. I need American children on both sides of the track to be OK because we are all God’s children.” *
I think this passage was so resonant because it breathed life into the liberal belief system underlying so many of our principles and policies. And we too often take for granted that voters can see that notion for themselves. from Slate.com
Part one part one:Alex Sammon slate.com Bernie’s DNC Speech Sounded Like Everyone Else’s. That’s Astonishing. It barely made headlines, but it speaks volumes about how the Democratic Party has changed.
*part two *Marcia Brown is a food and agriculture reporter at POLITICO *Democrats worry a new Supreme Court precedent* *will be ‘used and abused’ to thwart Biden’s legacy.*
Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> ‘ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Warnock, faith, religion, Democrats,Alex Sammon, Slate dot com, Bernie, DNC, Marcia Brown, Politico, Chevron Doctrine, Supreme Court, regulations, federal bureaucracy, executive branch–
*KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
