Chris Murphy

And it's sometimes those parents, they rely on the phone. They do. Right. But they worry more. To your question, though, yes, part of what we have to admit is that people have become untethered to institutions, institutions that used to give them both companionship, but also meaning.

If you want to know why we are in a spiritual state of disrepair in this country, you don't have to look much further than this rapid diminution of membership in both churches and labor unions to big institutions that in the early part of last century provided a lot of meaning and connection for people in this country. And so I think it's okay for Democrats to say we'd be better off as a country

If you want to know why we are in a spiritual state of disrepair in this country, you don't have to look much further than this rapid diminution of membership in both churches and labor unions to big institutions that in the early part of last century provided a lot of meaning and connection for people in this country. And so I think it's okay for Democrats to say we'd be better off as a country

If more people affiliated with institutions and on that list is included religious institutions. And let's have a conversation as a country about how we can help make religious institutions more healthy. We could, as Democrats, support more grants and more public funding going to help keep the doors of religious institutions open.

If more people affiliated with institutions and on that list is included religious institutions. And let's have a conversation as a country about how we can help make religious institutions more healthy. We could, as Democrats, support more grants and more public funding going to help keep the doors of religious institutions open.

When we talk about wages, we could talk about how wages are connected to free time and leisure time and say, as a party, we value people having the time on a weekday evening or a weekend day to be part of a church community or to be part of any other social or cultural institution where people find companionship.

When we talk about wages, we could talk about how wages are connected to free time and leisure time and say, as a party, we value people having the time on a weekday evening or a weekend day to be part of a church community or to be part of any other social or cultural institution where people find companionship.

So I think Democrats, yes, have been very reluctant to engage in talk about church and religious life. But I think that's wrong from a policy perspective and from a political perspective.

So I think Democrats, yes, have been very reluctant to engage in talk about church and religious life. But I think that's wrong from a policy perspective and from a political perspective.

Well, I'm thinking about your question. I mean, I don't know that Republicans are more willing to use religion in their talk because of their own personal experience with religion. I just think they are more willing to use it as a mechanism to try to sort of exploit fissures in our communities.

Well, I'm thinking about your question. I mean, I don't know that Republicans are more willing to use religion in their talk because of their own personal experience with religion. I just think they are more willing to use it as a mechanism to try to sort of exploit fissures in our communities.

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.

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