>>> WELCOME BACK.
REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS ELECTION
PLAYS OUT, AND WE’RE WATCHING
THAT, WE DO KNOW THERE ARE VOTES
COMING IN MOMENTARILY, BUT ONE
THING IS CLEAR RIGHT NOW, WE’VE
GOT A REALLY DIVIDED NATION.
>> AND TO MOVE FORWARD, WE’RE
GOING TO NEED TO FIND COMMON
GROUND.
WE HAVE THE GUY WHO CAN HELP US
WITH THAT, WITH SOME MUCH-NEEDED
PERSPECTIVE.
THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL CURRY,
PRESIDING BISHOP.
BISHOP CURRY, GOOD MORNING.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I FEEL WE’VE HAD TOUGH
ELECTIONS.
LIKE, WE HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO
AREN’T SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER,
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CAN’T EVEN
BEGIN TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
IT SEEMS LIKE A TALL ORDER, BUT
HOW DO YOU EVEN START TO HEAL
THIS THING?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT STARTS WITH
A DECISION THAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO THIS TOGETHER.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE GREAT SEAL OF
THE UNITED STATES, THE ONE WITH
THE EAGLE AND THE, YOU KNOW, IT
HAS THE ARROWS IN ONE CLAW, THEN
THE PALM BRANCH IS IN THE OTHER, AND ABOVE THAT EAGLE, ARE
AND ABOVE THAT EAGLE, ARE
WRITTEN THE WORDS, FROM MANY,
ONE.
THAT’S THE MOTTO OF THE UNITED
STATES.
FROM MANY DIVERSE PEOPLES, LIKE
IN THE PLEDGE, ONE NATION, UNDER
GOD, INDYIVISIBLEINDIVISIBLE.
IN OLDER WRITINGS, IT SAID,
QUOTE, WHEN EACH PERSON LOVES
THE OTHER AS MUCH AS HE LOVES
HIMSELF, THEN ONE OUT OF MANY
BECOMES POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE CAN
FIND COMMON GROUND WHEN WE MAKE
A DECISION THAT I CARE ABOUT YOU
AS MUCH AS I CARE ABOUT MYSELF.
WHEN WE DO THAT, WE CAN DISAGREE
WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE.
WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND, AND
WE CAN HEAL THIS COUNTRY.
>> THAT’S THE KEY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S THE --
MAYBE IT’S THE BAPTIST IN ME,
BISHOP CURRY, BUT I ALWAYS FEEL
LIKE WE HAVE TO LOOK INWARD.
WE CAN ALL LOOK AROUND AND SEE
THE PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER, THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE WORLD, BUT IF
YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE CHANGE,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK INWARD AND ASK
YOURSELF HARD QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, IF FOLKS ARE
WILLING TO DO THAT, WHAT SHOULD
WE BE ASKING OF OURSELVES IN
THIS MOMENT, TO START TO KIND OF
BE A HEALER AND BE THE CHANGE
THAT WE WISH WE WOULD SEE OUT
THERE?
WE ONLY CAN CONTROL OURSELVES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO,
ASK OURSELVES, WHAT AM I WILLING
TO DO TO MAKE THE MOTTO REAL,
AND THEN DECIDE WHAT CAN I DO
EACH DAY TO MAKE THAT REAL?
YOU CAN’T CHANGE EVERYTHING, BUT
YOU CAN CHANGE ONE THING.
YOU CAN DO ONE THING.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TODAY
THAT’S GOING TO BRING THIS
NATION TOGETHER?
BRING US TOGETHER AS A HUMAN
COMMUNITY?
LOOK, WE’RE ALL AMERICANS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL CAME OVER HERE
ON DIFFERENT SHIPS, BUT WE’RE
ALL IN THE SAME BOAT NOW.
THAT’S REALLY TRUE.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW CAN WE LIVE TOGETHER?
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN I DO
TODAY, NOT EVERY DAY, TODAY TO
HELP TO MAKE FROM MANY, ONE,
REAL?
>> IT’S FUNNY, WHEN YOU LOOK
AROUND ON THE STREETS, YOU LOOK
IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE POLLING
PLACES AND YOU SEE PEOPLE
CHANTING, SCREAMING, YOU GET
SCARED.
IT’S SCARY.
I WONDER IF THERE’S ANY LESSON
FROM HISTORY THAT YOU CAN DRAW
FROM, THAT COULD KIND OF GIVE US
SOME COMFORT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY,
BACK IN MARCH OF 2016, AT ONE OF
THE RALLIES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP,
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, YOU
REMEMBER THERE WERE PROTESTERS
AT RALLIES FOR BOTH SIDES FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY
CLINTON.
AT THIS PARTICULAR RALLY, A
WHITE GUY, WHO WAS LIKE 79 YEARS
OLD, WHO WAS A TRUMP SUPPORTER,
PUNCHED A BLACK GUY, WHO WAS A
YOUNG GUY WHO WAS ONE OF THE
PROTESTERS.
ANYWAY, THE GUY WHO DID THE
PUNCHING GOT CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT, AND EVENTUALLY HE WAS
SENTENCED WITH, I THINK,
PROBATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AT THE SENTENCING, HE
APOLOGIZED.
HE APOLOGIZED TO THE MAN HE
PUNCHED.
HE SAID TO HIM, "YOU KNOW, WE
ARE IN A POLITICAL MESS, BOTH OF
US, AND WE’VE GOT TO HEAL OUR
COUNTRY."
AND THE GUY WHO GOT PUNCHED SAID
TO HIM, "LET’S GO OUT TO LUNCH."
LET’S GO OUT TO LUNCH.
AMERICA, TAKE EACH OTHER TO
LUNCH.
SOMEBODY IS DIFFERENT THAN YOU
ARE, SOMEBODY WHO IS FROM A
DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTY,
POLITICAL ORIENTATION, DIFFERENT
RELIGION, DIFFERENT RACE,
SOMEBODY WHO IS DIFFERENT,
SOMEBODY FROM, I’M GOING TO SAY
IT THIS WAY, FROM MSNBC, TAKE
SOMEBODY FROM FOX.
BACK AND FORTH.
IN OTHER WORDS, CROSS THE
AISLES.
LET’S GO TO LUNCH.
THAT WILL HELP HEAL OUR LAND.
>> I LIKE THAT.
I LIKE HOW THAT SOUNDS, BISHOP
CURRY.
>> WHO DOESN’T LOVE LUNCH,
RIGHT, BISHOP CURRY?
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> I WAS THINKING THIS MORNING,
DEMOCRACY, WE’RE SUPPOSED TO
DISAGREE.
IT’S NOT A SIGN THAT SOMETHING
IS WRONG, IF WE HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS, BUT WE’RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO HATE EACH OTHER.
>> NO.
>> WE’RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE EACH
OTHER AND SEE EACH OTHER AS
FELLOW AMERICANS, ALL GOD’S
CHILDREN.
I THINK THAT’S THE SPIRIT WHICH
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROCEED IN
THESE NEXT FEW DIFFICULT DAYS.
>> YOU PREACHING NOW.
>> YESSHE IS.