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Hillary Clinton was recently the keynote speaker at the annual United Methodist Women Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky.
She told the audience that this felt like a “homecoming” because of “how the church’s obligation to serve others has guided her personal and professional life.”
Katie Zezima of The
Washingto Post reports that Clinton grew up attending a Methodist church in Park Ridge, Illinois. Her mother taught Sunday School, and her father set an
example of humbly praying before bedtime.
Young Hillary helped to clean the altar each week, which made her feel “as though she was part of the service.” She loved how she felt about herself while at church – and how that affiliation deepened her faith while enhancing her understanding of the world.
Clinton’s spiritual mentor back then was the church’s youth group leader, Don Jones. He taught young Hillary lasting lessons in social justice by taking her and her peers to visit Chicago’s inner-city churches. He particularly taught the profound importance of “faith in action.”
Religion has long been a central part of Clinton’s life. In
her book It Takes a Village and Other
Lessons Children Teach Us, she mentions
“how she and Bill Clinton were struck by the profound spiritual questions their daughter Chelsea and her friends raised.”
Resources
http://wwrn.org/articles/42281/?&place=north-america
Copyright May 3, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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