[music: “Appalachian Journey” by Yo-Yo Ma]
Tippett: I’m Krista Tippett, and also this is On Being. Today in a faithful, forward-looking discussion with Bishop Michael Curry and Dr. Russell Moore — leading spiritual thinkers and figures within the Episcopal Church plus the Southern Baptist Convention. The Washington nationwide Cathedral plus the nationwide Institute for Civil Discourse brought them together, with tens of thousands of individuals watching through the force that is omnipresent of. We wove concerns through the really broad market throughout this hour together.
Tippett: they are three questions — for me, it works together, and I also think they talk about exactly what can public theology be because of this time. Someone states, “As a Christian from the left that is biblical i’m caught between your need to bridge the space with my kin from the Christian right, and also the mandate to face in solidarity with people from the margins and our more-than-human kin who we see being harmed. Can you offer some knowledge on the best way to live and work into the stress of the mandates?”
An additional vocals: “ I had difficulty registering” — they designed, registering because of this occasion — “because I became expected to characterize my governmental leanings for a left-to-right scale.
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