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Influential dozen seek to help Democrats bridge 'God gap' Reframing America's debate over moral values

At a meeting of the House Democrats’ Faith Working Group, a perplexed member of Congress turned to his colleagues for pastoral guidance. How could he counter a local preacher who argued that all Jesus’ moral teachings were about the world to come, not the here and now?

Representative David Price (D., N.C.) stood amid the sympathetic sighs and “you can’t convert everyone” comments to offer a new spin on an old parable: