Chris Murphy

Jesus talked a whole lot more about caring for the poor than he did marginalizing people who come from different countries or speak different languages, and yet Republicans tend to talk more about religion as a foundation of their policy motives. Yeah, for me, I mean, I have made tries, often unsuccessful, frankly, in the last couple of years, to rejoin a religious life.

I was active in a church group when I was growing up. My youth and adolescence was filled with church experiences that have defined me. How were you brought up? What were you raised? Congregational. The most Connecticut. The most Connecticut. The most New England. Yep.

I was active in a church group when I was growing up. My youth and adolescence was filled with church experiences that have defined me. How were you brought up? What were you raised? Congregational. The most Connecticut. The most Connecticut. The most New England. Yep.

was, you know, an important reminder to me that even if I didn't know somebody, I still should care about them and they were part of my community. And I do feel like I've lost something as I have sort of strayed from structured religious life. And I will admit, I still have not found a church home turned into my 50, but I've been searching.

was, you know, an important reminder to me that even if I didn't know somebody, I still should care about them and they were part of my community. And I do feel like I've lost something as I have sort of strayed from structured religious life. And I will admit, I still have not found a church home turned into my 50, but I've been searching.

Well, part of it is a familiar story to a lot of other busy families out there, just time. The fact of the matter is I've got two kids whose Sunday mornings are often dominated by travel sports. I'm a politician, so I'm on the road many weekends. So I find myself having very few open Sunday mornings.

Well, part of it is a familiar story to a lot of other busy families out there, just time. The fact of the matter is I've got two kids whose Sunday mornings are often dominated by travel sports. I'm a politician, so I'm on the road many weekends. So I find myself having very few open Sunday mornings.

And I think that's what's happening to a lot of families in this country, that either through work or other family commitments, that Sunday morning time is just not as sacred as it used to be. And so the lack of

And I think that's what's happening to a lot of families in this country, that either through work or other family commitments, that Sunday morning time is just not as sacred as it used to be. And so the lack of

Free time, leisure time outside of your work schedule and your family schedule has made it hard for a lot of folks to connect with a variety of different kinds of institutions, not just churches, but other places where you might be able to find connection and find some sense of common cause with people in your community. Do you think that God is disappointed in you?

Free time, leisure time outside of your work schedule and your family schedule has made it hard for a lot of folks to connect with a variety of different kinds of institutions, not just churches, but other places where you might be able to find connection and find some sense of common cause with people in your community. Do you think that God is disappointed in you?

I guess I don't ask that question very often. Listen, I struggle with my own personal thoughts about God and the afterlife, but I find that even if your beliefs lean towards secularism or deism or agnosticism, you can still find a lot of value in church.

I guess I don't ask that question very often. Listen, I struggle with my own personal thoughts about God and the afterlife, but I find that even if your beliefs lean towards secularism or deism or agnosticism, you can still find a lot of value in church.

Well, you were. No.

Well, you were. No.

Well, I mean, we do, right? And I don't have the common religious history that Barack Obama has, right? So I'm not going to speak the same- It's not a very congregational thing to say, I will consider. I'm not, yes. I'm not going to speak the same language as Barack Obama, nor would I try.

Well, I mean, we do, right? And I don't have the common religious history that Barack Obama has, right? So I'm not going to speak the same- It's not a very congregational thing to say, I will consider. I'm not, yes. I'm not going to speak the same language as Barack Obama, nor would I try.

But no, you are correct in that the Democratic Party more broadly, I do think, has to get more comfortable with a language of spiritualism and to not allow the Republican Party to own a monopoly on the ways in which Policy connects to religious tenets.

But no, you are correct in that the Democratic Party more broadly, I do think, has to get more comfortable with a language of spiritualism and to not allow the Republican Party to own a monopoly on the ways in which Policy connects to religious tenets.

As we spoke earlier, the Bible and Jesus' story are full of mandates for communities to care about the plight of the dispossessed and the disempowered, the poorest and the weakest amongst us. And so why aren't Democrats more willing to talk about the spiritual imperative of Medicaid, right?