In a wonderful instance of what Nicholas Kristof refers to as “bridging the God Gulf” – two people of different religious beliefs (ie. liberal atheists and conservative Christians) working together for a common good – atheist Kristof and obvious Christian Pastor Bill Hybel of Willow Creek Community Church, one of the largest churches in America came together to discuss the plight of women and girls around the world.
Nicholas Kristof discussed his book Half the Sky with Pastor Bill Hybel and his congregation, and then Pastor Bill turned the tables and had Kristof preach a 3 minute sermon, which was very insightful.
The video clip is 30 minutes long, but they’re 30 minutes of gold. Kristof explains what he’s learned through years if experience, that there is no silver bullet for solving the worlds problems, but our hope for the future rests with women and girls. If women and girls can be educated, given rights, and protected the global population will shrink, become healthier, become better educated, and become more peaceable. Sounds good to me.
UPDATE: I disconnected the link. Willow Creek Community Church updated its media page and now, for the life of me, I can’t find the Kristof video anymore. I’ll keep searching, but if anyone else runs across it before I do please, please, please, email me, or post it in a comment.
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