A Kinder, Gentler Nation—Really?

Almost forty years ago, George H. Bush ran for U.S. President expressing his desire to help create a “kinder, gentler nation” by encouraging Americans to care for others through volunteerism, as “a thousand points of light,” and by promoting “decency” in public life. He didn’t succeed. But his remains a common and human wish, even for those who, in practice, consciously or unconsciously, work against it. In this sermon we’ll consider what it means to be kind and gentle, and how these qualities ought to be expressed and extended to others. Listen to the audio only of this sermon.