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New State Department Faith Office, Bobby McFerrin
8/9/2013 | 25m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
New State Department Faith Office; Bobby McFerrin; The Thousand-Dollar Genome
Managing editor Kim Lawton interviews Shaun Casey, director of the State Department's new faith-based office launched by Secretary of State John Kerry this week, about the need for religion’s engagement with US foreign policy. We also revisit our stories about Grammy-Award-winning artist Bobby McFerrin and about ethics and genetic testing, especially in children.
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
New State Department Faith Office, Bobby McFerrin
8/9/2013 | 25m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Managing editor Kim Lawton interviews Shaun Casey, director of the State Department's new faith-based office launched by Secretary of State John Kerry this week, about the need for religion’s engagement with US foreign policy. We also revisit our stories about Grammy-Award-winning artist Bobby McFerrin and about ethics and genetic testing, especially in children.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> COMING UP, LUCKY SEVERSON >>> COMING UP, LUCKY SEVERSON REPORTS ON THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS >>> COMING UP, LUCKY SEVERSON REPORTS ON THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING GENOME SEQUENCING, REPORTS ON THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING GENOME SEQUENCING, OR FINDING A CHILD'S GENETIC SURROUNDING GENOME SEQUENCING, OR FINDING A CHILD'S GENETIC MAKEUP.
OR FINDING A CHILD'S GENETIC MAKEUP.
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED AND HOW MAKEUP.
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED AND HOW MUCH SHOULD BE TOLD?
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED AND HOW MUCH SHOULD BE TOLD?
♪ MUCH SHOULD BE TOLD?
♪ >>> AND I TALK WITH GRAMMY ♪ >>> AND I TALK WITH GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY >>> AND I TALK WITH GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN ABOUT AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN ABOUT >>> WELCOME.
McFERRIN ABOUT >>> WELCOME.
I'M KIM LAWTON SITTING IN FOR >>> WELCOME.
I'M KIM LAWTON SITTING IN FOR BOB ABERNATHY, THANK YOU FOR I'M KIM LAWTON SITTING IN FOR BOB ABERNATHY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MUSLIMS AROUND THE BOB ABERNATHY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATED THE END OF JOINING US, MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATED THE END OF RAMADAN, WITH EID AL-FITR, ONE WORLD CELEBRATED THE END OF RAMADAN, WITH EID AL-FITR, ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT RAMADAN, WITH EID AL-FITR, ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS.
OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS.
THE FESTIVAL WAS OBSERVED WITH HOLIDAYS.
THE FESTIVAL WAS OBSERVED WITH SPECIAL PRAYERS AND ELABORATE THE FESTIVAL WAS OBSERVED WITH SPECIAL PRAYERS AND ELABORATE FEASTS TO BREAK THE MONTH-LONG SPECIAL PRAYERS AND ELABORATE FEASTS TO BREAK THE MONTH-LONG DAYTIME FASTING.
FEASTS TO BREAK THE MONTH-LONG DAYTIME FASTING.
BUT IN SOME AREA, THE HOLIDAY DAYTIME FASTING.
BUT IN SOME AREA, THE HOLIDAY WAS MARRED WITH CONTINUED BUT IN SOME AREA, THE HOLIDAY WAS MARRED WITH CONTINUED VIOLENCE AND THREATS OF WAS MARRED WITH CONTINUED VIOLENCE AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE.
FIGHTING CONTINUED IN SYRIA, VIOLENCE.
FIGHTING CONTINUED IN SYRIA, WHERE CIVILIANS PRAYED FOR AN FIGHTING CONTINUED IN SYRIA, WHERE CIVILIANS PRAYED FOR AN END TO THE CONFLICT.
WHERE CIVILIANS PRAYED FOR AN END TO THE CONFLICT.
MEANWHILE, SYRIAN FRIENDS OF A END TO THE CONFLICT.
MEANWHILE, SYRIAN FRIENDS OF A PROMINENT ITALIAN PRIEST, FATHER MEANWHILE, SYRIAN FRIENDS OF A PROMINENT ITALIAN PRIEST, FATHER PAOLO DELALIO CONFIRMED THAT HE PROMINENT ITALIAN PRIEST, FATHER PAOLO DELALIO CONFIRMED THAT HE BEEN ABDUCTED.
PAOLO DELALIO CONFIRMED THAT HE BEEN ABDUCTED.
HE WENT MISSING AS HE TRIED TO BEEN ABDUCTED.
HE WENT MISSING AS HE TRIED TO MEDIATE A RIFT BETWEEN KURDS AND HE WENT MISSING AS HE TRIED TO MEDIATE A RIFT BETWEEN KURDS AND ISLAMISTS.
MEDIATE A RIFT BETWEEN KURDS AND ISLAMISTS.
WIDESPREAD CALLS FOR HIS ISLAMISTS.
WIDESPREAD CALLS FOR HIS RELEASE.
WIDESPREAD CALLS FOR HIS RELEASE.
AND THE RENEWED CALLS FOR THE RELEASE.
AND THE RENEWED CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF TWO ORTHODOX AND THE RENEWED CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF TWO ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOPS KIDNAPPED IN SYRIA RELEASE OF TWO ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOPS KIDNAPPED IN SYRIA 100 DAYS AGO.
ARCHBISHOPS KIDNAPPED IN SYRIA 100 DAYS AGO.
THERE'S BEEN NO INFORMATION 100 DAYS AGO.
THERE'S BEEN NO INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WHEREABOUTS AND THERE'S BEEN NO INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WHEREABOUTS AND CHURCH LEADERS SAY THEY'RE ABOUT THEIR WHEREABOUTS AND CHURCH LEADERS SAY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF CHURCH LEADERS SAY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
>>> THE TEMPORARY CLOSING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
>>> THE TEMPORARY CLOSING BECAUSE OF TERROR THREATS OF 19 >>> THE TEMPORARY CLOSING BECAUSE OF TERROR THREATS OF 19 U.S. EMBASSIES ACROSS THE MIDDLE BECAUSE OF TERROR THREATS OF 19 U.S. EMBASSIES ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND ASIA THIS WEEK U.S. EMBASSIES ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND ASIA THIS WEEK HIGHLIGHTED THE COMPLEX NATURE EAST, AFRICA AND ASIA THIS WEEK HIGHLIGHTED THE COMPLEX NATURE OF DIPLOMATIC WORK IN SOME OF HIGHLIGHTED THE COMPLEX NATURE OF DIPLOMATIC WORK IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR HOT SPOTS.
OF DIPLOMATIC WORK IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR HOT SPOTS.
AMONG THE CHALLENGES, CRITICS THE WORLD'S MAJOR HOT SPOTS.
AMONG THE CHALLENGES, CRITICS HAVE LONG CHARGED THAT THE U.S.
AMONG THE CHALLENGES, CRITICS HAVE LONG CHARGED THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HASN'T DONE HAVE LONG CHARGED THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HASN'T DONE GOOD-ENOUGH JOB IN ACKNOWLEDGING GOVERNMENT HASN'T DONE GOOD-ENOUGH JOB IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN FOREIGN GOOD-ENOUGH JOB IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN FOREIGN POLICY.
THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN FOREIGN POLICY.
AT A STATE DEPARTMENT CEREMONY POLICY.
AT A STATE DEPARTMENT CEREMONY ON WEDNESDAY, SECRETARY OF STATE AT A STATE DEPARTMENT CEREMONY ON WEDNESDAY, SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A ON WEDNESDAY, SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A NEW OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED JOHN KERRY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A NEW OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY INITIATIVES WHICH HE NEW OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY INITIATIVES WHICH HE SAID WOULD HELP BUILD BETTER COMMUNITY INITIATIVES WHICH HE SAID WOULD HELP BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELIGIOUS SAID WOULD HELP BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD.
LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD.
>> ITS MISSION IS AS CLEAR AS IT U.S. AND ABROAD.
>> ITS MISSION IS AS CLEAR AS IT IS COMPELLING.
>> ITS MISSION IS AS CLEAR AS IT IS COMPELLING.
IT IS TO ENGAGE MORE CLOSELY IS COMPELLING.
IT IS TO ENGAGE MORE CLOSELY WITH FAITH COMMUNITIES AROUND IT IS TO ENGAGE MORE CLOSELY WITH FAITH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
WITH FAITH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
WITH THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO THE WORLD.
WITH THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO SOLVE WITH THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO SOLVE GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THERE IS PARTNER WITH THEM TO SOLVE GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THERE IS AN ENORMOUS PARTNERSHIP, I GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THERE IS AN ENORMOUS PARTNERSHIP, I BELIEVE, THERE FOR THE ASKING.
AN ENORMOUS PARTNERSHIP, I BELIEVE, THERE FOR THE ASKING.
>> KERRY SPOKE OF HIS PERSONAL BELIEVE, THERE FOR THE ASKING.
>> KERRY SPOKE OF HIS PERSONAL INTEREST IN RELIGION AND SAID HE >> KERRY SPOKE OF HIS PERSONAL INTEREST IN RELIGION AND SAID HE HAS HIGH HOPES THIS OFFICE CAN INTEREST IN RELIGION AND SAID HE HAS HIGH HOPES THIS OFFICE CAN PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN U.S. HAS HIGH HOPES THIS OFFICE CAN PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN U.S.
DIPLOMACY.
PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN U.S.
DIPLOMACY.
>> WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN DIPLOMACY.
>> WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL >> WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS ARE MIGRATING AND A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS ARE MIGRATING AND MINGLING LIKE NEVER BEFORE, FAITHS ARE MIGRATING AND MINGLING LIKE NEVER BEFORE, WHERE WE ARE THIS GLOBAL MINGLING LIKE NEVER BEFORE, WHERE WE ARE THIS GLOBAL COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ALWAYS TALK WHERE WE ARE THIS GLOBAL COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, WE IGNORE THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, WE IGNORE THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF RELIGION IN MY ABOUT, WE IGNORE THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF RELIGION IN MY JUDGMENT AT OUR PERIL.
IMPACT OF RELIGION IN MY JUDGMENT AT OUR PERIL.
>> HEADING THE OFFICE IS JUDGMENT AT OUR PERIL.
>> HEADING THE OFFICE IS CHRISTIAN ETHICIST, SEAN CASEY, >> HEADING THE OFFICE IS CHRISTIAN ETHICIST, SEAN CASEY, TAKING A LEAVE FROM WESLEY CHRISTIAN ETHICIST, SEAN CASEY, TAKING A LEAVE FROM WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
TAKING A LEAVE FROM WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
CASEY SAID THE OFFICE WILL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
CASEY SAID THE OFFICE WILL OBSERVE THE LINES BETWEEN CHURCH CASEY SAID THE OFFICE WILL OBSERVE THE LINES BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
OBSERVE THE LINES BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
>> WE WILL INSURE THAT OUR AND STATE.
>> WE WILL INSURE THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WILL BE >> WE WILL INSURE THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND OTHER CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAWS, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE STATES CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAWS, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE LAW.
LAWS, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE LAW.
>> AFTER THE CEREMONY, I ASKED SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE LAW.
>> AFTER THE CEREMONY, I ASKED HIM TO OUTLINE SPECIFIC AREAS >> AFTER THE CEREMONY, I ASKED HIM TO OUTLINE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE HE SEES HIS TEAM BEING HIM TO OUTLINE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE HE SEES HIS TEAM BEING EFFECTIVE.
WHERE HE SEES HIS TEAM BEING EFFECTIVE.
>> THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL EFFECTIVE.
>> THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF LIVED RELIGION ACROSS >> THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF LIVED RELIGION ACROSS THE PLANET IS HUGE.
IMPACT OF LIVED RELIGION ACROSS THE PLANET IS HUGE.
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO THE PLANET IS HUGE.
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MEASURE, IT'S SO LARGE.
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MEASURE, IT'S SO LARGE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE MEASURE, IT'S SO LARGE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, IF WE'RE SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING DEVELOPMENT, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO GOING TO BE DOING DEVELOPMENT, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO BUILD FOR PEACE AND MITIGATE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO BUILD FOR PEACE AND MITIGATE CONFLICT, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND BUILD FOR PEACE AND MITIGATE CONFLICT, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF ALL CONFLICT, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF ALL OF THOSE SECTORS AND FRANKLY IN THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF ALL OF THOSE SECTORS AND FRANKLY IN THE PAST WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD OF THOSE SECTORS AND FRANKLY IN THE PAST WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD THE CAPACITY WE SHOULD HAVE IN THE PAST WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD THE CAPACITY WE SHOULD HAVE IN OUR DIPLOMACY.
THE CAPACITY WE SHOULD HAVE IN OUR DIPLOMACY.
>> HE SAID THEY WILL NOT SHY OUR DIPLOMACY.
>> HE SAID THEY WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM ADDRESSING THE PLACES >> HE SAID THEY WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM ADDRESSING THE PLACES WHERE RELIGION IS PART OF THE AWAY FROM ADDRESSING THE PLACES WHERE RELIGION IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
WHERE RELIGION IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> IT'S NOT JUST DEALING WITH PROBLEM.
>> IT'S NOT JUST DEALING WITH THE GOOD RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND >> IT'S NOT JUST DEALING WITH THE GOOD RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND IGNORING THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE GOOD RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND IGNORING THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF RELIGIOUS, RELIGION IN POLITICS.
IGNORING THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF RELIGIOUS, RELIGION IN POLITICS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DICEY, RELIGIOUS, RELIGION IN POLITICS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DICEY, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DICEY, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COMPLICATED.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COMPLICATED.
WE HAVE SOLVE SOME COMPLICATED.
WE HAVE SOLVE SOME SOPHISTICATION ABOUT HOW TO WE HAVE SOLVE SOME SOPHISTICATION ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE.
SOPHISTICATION ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE.
PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS ENGAGE.
PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE RELIGION MAY BE A SOURCE PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE RELIGION MAY BE A SOURCE OF CONFLICT.
WHERE RELIGION MAY BE A SOURCE OF CONFLICT.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, HUMANITARIAN OF CONFLICT.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, HUMANITARIAN OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM >>> IN OTHER NEWS, HUMANITARIAN OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THE IMPACT OF A MASSIVE OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THE IMPACT OF A MASSIVE DROUGHT IN A SUB-SARAHAN NATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF A MASSIVE DROUGHT IN A SUB-SARAHAN NATION OF NAMIBIA.
DROUGHT IN A SUB-SARAHAN NATION OF NAMIBIA.
UNICEF, THE UNITED NATIONS OF NAMIBIA.
UNICEF, THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S AGENCY, SAID 100,000 UNICEF, THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S AGENCY, SAID 100,000 CHILDREN ARE AT RISK OF CHILDREN'S AGENCY, SAID 100,000 CHILDREN ARE AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION.
CHILDREN ARE AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION.
NAMIBIA IS SUFFERING THE WORST MALNUTRITION.
NAMIBIA IS SUFFERING THE WORST DROUGHT IN 30 YEARS, WITH WOMEN NAMIBIA IS SUFFERING THE WORST DROUGHT IN 30 YEARS, WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEARING THE BRUNT.
DROUGHT IN 30 YEARS, WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEARING THE BRUNT.
THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT HAS AND CHILDREN BEARING THE BRUNT.
THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT HAS DECLARED A STATE OF NATIONAL THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT HAS DECLARED A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
DECLARED A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
AT THE VATICAN, POPE FRANCIS EMERGENCY.
AT THE VATICAN, POPE FRANCIS CONTINUED URGING CATHOLICS TO AT THE VATICAN, POPE FRANCIS CONTINUED URGING CATHOLICS TO REJECT CONSUMERERISM.
CONTINUED URGING CATHOLICS TO REJECT CONSUMERERISM.
AGAIN THIS WEEK HE SAID WEALTH REJECT CONSUMERERISM.
AGAIN THIS WEEK HE SAID WEALTH DOESN'T BRING TRUE HAPPINESS.
AGAIN THIS WEEK HE SAID WEALTH DOESN'T BRING TRUE HAPPINESS.
SOME CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS ARE DOESN'T BRING TRUE HAPPINESS.
SOME CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS ARE VOICING CONCERN THAT FRANCIS SOME CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS ARE VOICING CONCERN THAT FRANCIS DOESN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME VOICING CONCERN THAT FRANCIS DOESN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME PUBLICLY CONDEMNING ABORTION.
DOESN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME PUBLICLY CONDEMNING ABORTION.
BUT PROMINENT BOSTON CARDINAL, PUBLICLY CONDEMNING ABORTION.
BUT PROMINENT BOSTON CARDINAL, SEAN O'MALLEY, DEFENDED THE BUT PROMINENT BOSTON CARDINAL, SEAN O'MALLEY, DEFENDED THE POPE.
SEAN O'MALLEY, DEFENDED THE POPE.
SAYING THE EMPHASIS ON LOVING POPE.
SAYING THE EMPHASIS ON LOVING COMPASSION PROVIDES THE CONTEXT SAYING THE EMPHASIS ON LOVING COMPASSION PROVIDES THE CONTEXT FOR THE CHURCH'S STAND AGAINST COMPASSION PROVIDES THE CONTEXT FOR THE CHURCH'S STAND AGAINST ABORTION.
FOR THE CHURCH'S STAND AGAINST ABORTION.
HE SAID QUOTE, WE OPPOSE ABORTION.
HE SAID QUOTE, WE OPPOSE ABORTION, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE MEAN HE SAID QUOTE, WE OPPOSE ABORTION, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE MEAN AND OLD-FASHIONED, BUT BECAUSE ABORTION, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE MEAN AND OLD-FASHIONED, BUT BECAUSE WE LOVE PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHAT AND OLD-FASHIONED, BUT BECAUSE WE LOVE PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHAT WE MUST SHOW THE WORLD.
WE LOVE PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHAT WE MUST SHOW THE WORLD.
WE HAVE A REPORT TODAY ON THE WE MUST SHOW THE WORLD.
WE HAVE A REPORT TODAY ON THE ETHICS OF GENOME SEQUENCING.
WE HAVE A REPORT TODAY ON THE ETHICS OF GENOME SEQUENCING.
FINDING OUT A CHILD'S ENTIRE ETHICS OF GENOME SEQUENCING.
FINDING OUT A CHILD'S ENTIRE GENETIC MAKEUP.
FINDING OUT A CHILD'S ENTIRE GENETIC MAKEUP.
THAT COULD REVEAL DEFECTS THAT GENETIC MAKEUP.
THAT COULD REVEAL DEFECTS THAT MIGHT CAUSE DISEASE OR THAT COULD REVEAL DEFECTS THAT MIGHT CAUSE DISEASE OR DISABILITIES LATER IN LIFE.
MIGHT CAUSE DISEASE OR DISABILITIES LATER IN LIFE.
BUT SHOULD DOCTORS TELL PARENTS DISABILITIES LATER IN LIFE.
BUT SHOULD DOCTORS TELL PARENTS EVERYTHING THEY FIND OUT?
BUT SHOULD DOCTORS TELL PARENTS EVERYTHING THEY FIND OUT?
WOULD PARENTS EVEN WANT TO KNOW?
EVERYTHING THEY FIND OUT?
WOULD PARENTS EVEN WANT TO KNOW?
LUCKY SEVERSON HAS OUR STORY.
WOULD PARENTS EVEN WANT TO KNOW?
LUCKY SEVERSON HAS OUR STORY.
>> THIS IS LIAM, EVERYBODY LIKES LUCKY SEVERSON HAS OUR STORY.
>> THIS IS LIAM, EVERYBODY LIKES LIAM.
>> THIS IS LIAM, EVERYBODY LIKES LIAM.
HARD NOT TO, THAT SMILE UNDER LIAM.
HARD NOT TO, THAT SMILE UNDER THE HAT, HE NEVER TAKES OFF.
HARD NOT TO, THAT SMILE UNDER THE HAT, HE NEVER TAKES OFF.
AND THIS IS HIS LOVING MOM, THE HAT, HE NEVER TAKES OFF.
AND THIS IS HIS LOVING MOM, KATHLEEN, WHO KNEW FROM THE AND THIS IS HIS LOVING MOM, KATHLEEN, WHO KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT SOMETHING WAS KATHLEEN, WHO KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG WITH LIAM.
BEGINNING THAT SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG WITH LIAM.
>> I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
TERRIBLY WRONG WITH LIAM.
>> I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
BECAUSE THE BREATHING, HE >> I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
BECAUSE THE BREATHING, HE COULDN'T EAT AT THE SAME TIME.
BECAUSE THE BREATHING, HE COULDN'T EAT AT THE SAME TIME.
HE COULDN'T DRINK AND BREATHE AT COULDN'T EAT AT THE SAME TIME.
HE COULDN'T DRINK AND BREATHE AT THE SAME TIME.
HE COULDN'T DRINK AND BREATHE AT THE SAME TIME.
>> LIAM IS 12.
THE SAME TIME.
>> LIAM IS 12.
THIS IS HIS TWIN BROTHER, >> LIAM IS 12.
THIS IS HIS TWIN BROTHER, JOSEPH, WHO IS ABOUT TWICE AS THIS IS HIS TWIN BROTHER, JOSEPH, WHO IS ABOUT TWICE AS BIG AS LIAM.
JOSEPH, WHO IS ABOUT TWICE AS BIG AS LIAM.
FROM DAY ONE, HIS MOTHER WAS BIG AS LIAM.
FROM DAY ONE, HIS MOTHER WAS DESPERATE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY FROM DAY ONE, HIS MOTHER WAS DESPERATE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH LIAM.
DESPERATE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH LIAM.
SO SHE COULD GET HIM TREATED.
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH LIAM.
SO SHE COULD GET HIM TREATED.
>> I WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE A SO SHE COULD GET HIM TREATED.
>> I WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE A NAME TO IT SO I COULD SAY I DID >> I WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE A NAME TO IT SO I COULD SAY I DID THE BEST POSSIBLE THING FOR MY NAME TO IT SO I COULD SAY I DID THE BEST POSSIBLE THING FOR MY CHILD.
THE BEST POSSIBLE THING FOR MY CHILD.
OR I GAVE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE CHILD.
OR I GAVE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE.
OR I GAVE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE.
>> FOR 12 AGONIZING YEARS, CARE.
>> FOR 12 AGONIZING YEARS, KATHLEEN WAS LOOKING FOR AN >> FOR 12 AGONIZING YEARS, KATHLEEN WAS LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.
KATHLEEN WAS LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.
AND RECENTLY GOT ONE FROM DR. ANSWER.
AND RECENTLY GOT ONE FROM DR. IAN KRANTS AT THE CHILDREN'S AND RECENTLY GOT ONE FROM DR. IAN KRANTS AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
IAN KRANTS AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
WHO HAD SEQUENCED LIAM'S GENOME.
HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
WHO HAD SEQUENCED LIAM'S GENOME.
>> WE NOT ONLY FOUND AN ANSWER WHO HAD SEQUENCED LIAM'S GENOME.
>> WE NOT ONLY FOUND AN ANSWER IN HIM, BUT WE FOUND THE SAME >> WE NOT ONLY FOUND AN ANSWER IN HIM, BUT WE FOUND THE SAME ANSWER IN A NUMBER OF OTHER IN HIM, BUT WE FOUND THE SAME ANSWER IN A NUMBER OF OTHER CHILDREN AND WE HAVE A NEW ANSWER IN A NUMBER OF OTHER CHILDREN AND WE HAVE A NEW DIAGNOSIS WE'RE UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN AND WE HAVE A NEW DIAGNOSIS WE'RE UNDERSTANDING IT, HOW TO TREAT IT BETTER.
DIAGNOSIS WE'RE UNDERSTANDING IT, HOW TO TREAT IT BETTER.
>> THE DISCOVERY OF LIAM'S IT, HOW TO TREAT IT BETTER.
>> THE DISCOVERY OF LIAM'S GENETIC DEFECT UNDERSCORES HOW >> THE DISCOVERY OF LIAM'S GENETIC DEFECT UNDERSCORES HOW RAPIDLY AND HOW IMPORTANT THE GENETIC DEFECT UNDERSCORES HOW RAPIDLY AND HOW IMPORTANT THE SCIENCE OF SEQUENCING THE HUMAN RAPIDLY AND HOW IMPORTANT THE SCIENCE OF SEQUENCING THE HUMAN GENOME HAS BECOME IN MODERN SCIENCE OF SEQUENCING THE HUMAN GENOME HAS BECOME IN MODERN MEDICINE.
GENOME HAS BECOME IN MODERN MEDICINE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN DID COMES TO MEDICINE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN DID COMES TO CHILDREN WHEN RESEARCHERS FIRST ESPECIALLY WHEN DID COMES TO CHILDREN WHEN RESEARCHERS FIRST MAPPED THE HUMAN GENOME, IT TOOK CHILDREN WHEN RESEARCHERS FIRST MAPPED THE HUMAN GENOME, IT TOOK ALMOST TEN YEARS AND COST $3 MAPPED THE HUMAN GENOME, IT TOOK ALMOST TEN YEARS AND COST $3 BILLION.
ALMOST TEN YEARS AND COST $3 BILLION.
THAT WAS LESS THAN TEN YEARS BILLION.
THAT WAS LESS THAN TEN YEARS AGO.
THAT WAS LESS THAN TEN YEARS AGO.
TODAY, THE PROCESS TAKES THREE AGO.
TODAY, THE PROCESS TAKES THREE WEEKS, AND THE PRICETAG IS TODAY, THE PROCESS TAKES THREE WEEKS, AND THE PRICETAG IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING $1,000.
WEEKS, AND THE PRICETAG IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING $1,000.
NANCY SPINNER HEADS A DIVISION RAPIDLY APPROACHING $1,000.
NANCY SPINNER HEADS A DIVISION OF GENOMIC DIAGNOSE STICKS AT NANCY SPINNER HEADS A DIVISION OF GENOMIC DIAGNOSE STICKS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF OF GENOMIC DIAGNOSE STICKS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
>> FOR PARENTS WHOSE KIDS HAVE PHILADELPHIA.
>> FOR PARENTS WHOSE KIDS HAVE SOME SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECTS OR >> FOR PARENTS WHOSE KIDS HAVE SOME SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECTS OR CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES.
SOME SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECTS OR CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES.
YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES.
YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CAUSING IT.
YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CAUSING IT.
YOU WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE WHAT'S CAUSING IT.
YOU WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE YOU WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING?
SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING?
>> I THINK MOMS FEEL VERY DOING?
>> I THINK MOMS FEEL VERY GUILTY.
>> I THINK MOMS FEEL VERY GUILTY.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY HAVE A CHILD GUILTY.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY HAVE A CHILD WITH A BIRTH DEFECT, THEY SAY, BECAUSE WHEN THEY HAVE A CHILD WITH A BIRTH DEFECT, THEY SAY, WAS IT SOMETHING I DID IN THE WITH A BIRTH DEFECT, THEY SAY, WAS IT SOMETHING I DID IN THE PREGNANCY.
WAS IT SOMETHING I DID IN THE PREGNANCY.
>> DR. KRANTS AND NANCY SPINNER PREGNANCY.
>> DR. KRANTS AND NANCY SPINNER ARE THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM >> DR. KRANTS AND NANCY SPINNER ARE THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM WHO ARE THE PRINCIPAL ARE THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM WHO ARE THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS.
WHO ARE THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS.
UNLIKE EARLIER GENETIC TESTS, INVESTIGATORS.
UNLIKE EARLIER GENETIC TESTS, SEQUENCING THE GENOME REVEALS A UNLIKE EARLIER GENETIC TESTS, SEQUENCING THE GENOME REVEALS A CHILD'S ENTIRE GENETIC MAKEUP.
SEQUENCING THE GENOME REVEALS A CHILD'S ENTIRE GENETIC MAKEUP.
INCLUDING THEIR PREDISPOSITION CHILD'S ENTIRE GENETIC MAKEUP.
INCLUDING THEIR PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE THAT MIGHT OCCUR INCLUDING THEIR PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE THAT MIGHT OCCUR LATER IN LIFE.
TO DISEASE THAT MIGHT OCCUR LATER IN LIFE.
AND IT RAISES SOME ETHICAL LATER IN LIFE.
AND IT RAISES SOME ETHICAL QUESTIONS.
AND IT RAISES SOME ETHICAL QUESTIONS.
WHAT SHOULD PARENTS KNOW, AND QUESTIONS.
WHAT SHOULD PARENTS KNOW, AND WHAT KNOWLEDGE MIGHT CAUSE MORE WHAT SHOULD PARENTS KNOW, AND WHAT KNOWLEDGE MIGHT CAUSE MORE PAIN THAN GAIN.
WHAT KNOWLEDGE MIGHT CAUSE MORE PAIN THAN GAIN.
>> NOW WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE PAIN THAN GAIN.
>> NOW WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE ENTIRE GENOME.
>> NOW WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE ENTIRE GENOME.
AND WE HAVE THIS ENORMOUS ENTIRE GENOME.
AND WE HAVE THIS ENORMOUS CHALLENGE, HOW MUCH OF IT SHOULD AND WE HAVE THIS ENORMOUS CHALLENGE, HOW MUCH OF IT SHOULD WE REPORT BACK.
CHALLENGE, HOW MUCH OF IT SHOULD WE REPORT BACK.
WHAT SHOULD WE TELL PEOPLE.
WE REPORT BACK.
WHAT SHOULD WE TELL PEOPLE.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE WHAT SHOULD WE TELL PEOPLE.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION.
>> THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING NOW INFORMATION.
>> THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING NOW IS THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES TO >> THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING NOW IS THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES TO SAY WHAT SHOULD BE REPORTED IS THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES TO SAY WHAT SHOULD BE REPORTED BACK.
SAY WHAT SHOULD BE REPORTED BACK.
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED, WHO BACK.
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED, WHO SHOULDN'T BE TESTED.
WHO SHOULD BE TESTED, WHO SHOULDN'T BE TESTED.
>> WHO SHOULD BE TOLD.
SHOULDN'T BE TESTED.
>> WHO SHOULD BE TOLD.
>> WHO SHOULD BE TOLD ABOUT THIS >> WHO SHOULD BE TOLD.
>> WHO SHOULD BE TOLD ABOUT THIS INFORMATION, EXACTLY.
>> WHO SHOULD BE TOLD ABOUT THIS INFORMATION, EXACTLY.
WE'RE VERY GOOD AT DIAGNOSING INFORMATION, EXACTLY.
WE'RE VERY GOOD AT DIAGNOSING AND NOT SO GREAT AT TREATING WE'RE VERY GOOD AT DIAGNOSING AND NOT SO GREAT AT TREATING GENETIC DISORDERS OR PREVENTING AND NOT SO GREAT AT TREATING GENETIC DISORDERS OR PREVENTING THINGS FROM HAPPENING LATER IN GENETIC DISORDERS OR PREVENTING THINGS FROM HAPPENING LATER IN LIFE.
THINGS FROM HAPPENING LATER IN LIFE.
BUT I THINK KNOWLEDGE IS LIFE.
BUT I THINK KNOWLEDGE IS POWERFUL AND HAVING INFORMATION BUT I THINK KNOWLEDGE IS POWERFUL AND HAVING INFORMATION CAN IN THE SHORT-TERM AFFECT POWERFUL AND HAVING INFORMATION CAN IN THE SHORT-TERM AFFECT PARENTAL DECISIONS, REPRODUCTIVE CAN IN THE SHORT-TERM AFFECT PARENTAL DECISIONS, REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS, IT CAN AFFECT PARENTAL DECISIONS, REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS, IT CAN AFFECT LIFESTYLE CHOICES LATER ON.
DECISIONS, IT CAN AFFECT LIFESTYLE CHOICES LATER ON.
>> THERE'S ALREADY BEEN EXAMPLES LIFESTYLE CHOICES LATER ON.
>> THERE'S ALREADY BEEN EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TESTED, >> THERE'S ALREADY BEEN EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TESTED, SEEN A PREDISPOSITION TO OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TESTED, SEEN A PREDISPOSITION TO DIABETES AND STARTS TO SEEN A PREDISPOSITION TO DIABETES AND STARTS TO IMMEDIATELY GET SCREENED FOR IT.
DIABETES AND STARTS TO IMMEDIATELY GET SCREENED FOR IT.
AND FIND THAT YOU KNOW, FIND OUT IMMEDIATELY GET SCREENED FOR IT.
AND FIND THAT YOU KNOW, FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE DIABETES MUCH AND FIND THAT YOU KNOW, FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE DIABETES MUCH EARLIER.
THAT THEY HAVE DIABETES MUCH EARLIER.
THAT CAN SAVE MANY DOLLARS IN EARLIER.
THAT CAN SAVE MANY DOLLARS IN HEALTH CARE COSTS BECAUSE YOU THAT CAN SAVE MANY DOLLARS IN HEALTH CARE COSTS BECAUSE YOU CAN START, YOU CAN TREAT THINGS HEALTH CARE COSTS BECAUSE YOU CAN START, YOU CAN TREAT THINGS BEFORE THEY BECOME BAD.
CAN START, YOU CAN TREAT THINGS BEFORE THEY BECOME BAD.
>> SCIENTISTS SAY FOR DISEASES BEFORE THEY BECOME BAD.
>> SCIENTISTS SAY FOR DISEASES DIAGNOSED EARLY AND THEN >> SCIENTISTS SAY FOR DISEASES DIAGNOSED EARLY AND THEN TREATED, SEQUENCING CAN INDEED DIAGNOSED EARLY AND THEN TREATED, SEQUENCING CAN INDEED SAVE LIVES.
TREATED, SEQUENCING CAN INDEED SAVE LIVES.
BUT SHOULD DOCTORS TELL PARENTS SAVE LIVES.
BUT SHOULD DOCTORS TELL PARENTS WHEN TESTS SHOW THAT THEIR CHILD BUT SHOULD DOCTORS TELL PARENTS WHEN TESTS SHOW THAT THEIR CHILD WILL EVENTUALLY FALL VICTIM TO WHEN TESTS SHOW THAT THEIR CHILD WILL EVENTUALLY FALL VICTIM TO EARLY ADULT ONSET DISEASE LIKE WILL EVENTUALLY FALL VICTIM TO EARLY ADULT ONSET DISEASE LIKE ALZHEIMER'S?
EARLY ADULT ONSET DISEASE LIKE ALZHEIMER'S?
FOR WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN ALZHEIMER'S?
FOR WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE?
FOR WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE?
>> AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME CURE?
>> AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME CASES WHERE WE FIND SOME THINGS >> AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME CASES WHERE WE FIND SOME THINGS THAT ARE DAMAGING.
CASES WHERE WE FIND SOME THINGS THAT ARE DAMAGING.
THAT TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE AT THAT ARE DAMAGING.
THAT TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE AT VERY, VERY HIGH RISK FOR AN THAT TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE AT VERY, VERY HIGH RISK FOR AN ADULT-ONSET DISORDER THAT'S VERY, VERY HIGH RISK FOR AN ADULT-ONSET DISORDER THAT'S GOING TO BE BAD.
ADULT-ONSET DISORDER THAT'S GOING TO BE BAD.
AND THERE'S NO TREATMENT.
GOING TO BE BAD.
AND THERE'S NO TREATMENT.
SO WE CAN'T REALLY THINK OF A AND THERE'S NO TREATMENT.
SO WE CAN'T REALLY THINK OF A REASON TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN'T REALLY THINK OF A REASON TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO PEOPLE.
REASON TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO PEOPLE.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TO PEOPLE.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN WHAT SHOULD WE AND I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN WHAT SHOULD WE BE GIVING AND WHAT SHOULDN'T WE TRYING TO LEARN WHAT SHOULD WE BE GIVING AND WHAT SHOULDN'T WE BE GIVING.
BE GIVING AND WHAT SHOULDN'T WE BE GIVING.
0 OUR MAIN GOAL IS NOT TO CAUSE BE GIVING.
0 OUR MAIN GOAL IS NOT TO CAUSE ANY HARM OR ADDITIONAL STRESS TO 0 OUR MAIN GOAL IS NOT TO CAUSE ANY HARM OR ADDITIONAL STRESS TO FAMILIES.
ANY HARM OR ADDITIONAL STRESS TO FAMILIES.
>> THE HUNTER FAMILY IN NEW FAMILIES.
>> THE HUNTER FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY WANTED ANY INFORMATION >> THE HUNTER FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY WANTED ANY INFORMATION THEY COULD GET ABOUT THEIR JERSEY WANTED ANY INFORMATION THEY COULD GET ABOUT THEIR 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AMANDA.
THEY COULD GET ABOUT THEIR 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AMANDA.
SHE SUFFERS FROM CROHN'S DISEASE 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AMANDA.
SHE SUFFERS FROM CROHN'S DISEASE AND SERIOUS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT SHE SUFFERS FROM CROHN'S DISEASE AND SERIOUS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND HER CONDITION APPEARED TO BE AND SERIOUS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND HER CONDITION APPEARED TO BE REGRESSING.
AND HER CONDITION APPEARED TO BE REGRESSING.
LIKE ALL CHILDREN, AMANDA'S REGRESSING.
LIKE ALL CHILDREN, AMANDA'S GENOME CONTAINS 22,000 GENES LIKE ALL CHILDREN, AMANDA'S GENOME CONTAINS 22,000 GENES THAT HOLDS TANTALIZING GENOME CONTAINS 22,000 GENES THAT HOLDS TANTALIZING INFORMATION THAT COULD SAVE OR THAT HOLDS TANTALIZING INFORMATION THAT COULD SAVE OR PROLONG HER LIFE.
INFORMATION THAT COULD SAVE OR PROLONG HER LIFE.
HER MOTHER, LAURIE, WANTED SOME PROLONG HER LIFE.
HER MOTHER, LAURIE, WANTED SOME ANSWERS.
HER MOTHER, LAURIE, WANTED SOME ANSWERS.
>> I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE ANSWERS.
>> I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UNTIL YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT TO SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UNTIL YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT WORLD.
UNTIL YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT WORLD.
AND THE MOTHERLY INSTINCT TELLS WORLD.
AND THE MOTHERLY INSTINCT TELLS YOU SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
AND THE MOTHERLY INSTINCT TELLS YOU SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO STOP AT NOTHING YOU SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO STOP AT NOTHING UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN YOU'RE GOING TO STOP AT NOTHING UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THAT CHILD.
UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THAT CHILD.
>> WHAT IF YOU TEST FOR ONE DO TO HELP THAT CHILD.
>> WHAT IF YOU TEST FOR ONE THING AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE?
>> WHAT IF YOU TEST FOR ONE THING AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE?
WHEN AMANDA'S GENOME WAS THING AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE?
WHEN AMANDA'S GENOME WAS SEQUENCED, DOCTORS DISCOVERED WHEN AMANDA'S GENOME WAS SEQUENCED, DOCTORS DISCOVERED WHAT THEY CALL AN INCIDENTAL SEQUENCED, DOCTORS DISCOVERED WHAT THEY CALL AN INCIDENTAL FINDING, SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T WHAT THEY CALL AN INCIDENTAL FINDING, SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T LOOKING FOR.
FINDING, SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T LOOKING FOR.
A DELETION.
LOOKING FOR.
A DELETION.
SEVEN GENES MISSING FROM A A DELETION.
SEVEN GENES MISSING FROM A CHROMOSONE.
SEVEN GENES MISSING FROM A CHROMOSONE.
THE DELETION DIDN'T EXPLAIN HER CHROMOSONE.
THE DELETION DIDN'T EXPLAIN HER IMPARENT, BUT IT INDICATED SHE THE DELETION DIDN'T EXPLAIN HER IMPARENT, BUT IT INDICATED SHE WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CANCER.
IMPARENT, BUT IT INDICATED SHE WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CANCER.
AND THEN HER MOM GOT SOME NEWS WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CANCER.
AND THEN HER MOM GOT SOME NEWS THAT MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
AND THEN HER MOM GOT SOME NEWS THAT MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
>> WHEN AMANDA WAS DIAGNOSED THAT MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
>> WHEN AMANDA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THAT DELETION, THE NATURAL >> WHEN AMANDA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THAT DELETION, THE NATURAL COURSE IS TO TEST THE PARENTS.
WITH THAT DELETION, THE NATURAL COURSE IS TO TEST THE PARENTS.
SO HER FATHER AND I WERE TESTED COURSE IS TO TEST THE PARENTS.
SO HER FATHER AND I WERE TESTED AND IT TURNED OUT THAT I CARRY SO HER FATHER AND I WERE TESTED AND IT TURNED OUT THAT I CARRY THE SAME DELETION.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT I CARRY THE SAME DELETION.
SO I'VE GONE THROUGH THE SAME THE SAME DELETION.
SO I'VE GONE THROUGH THE SAME SERIES OF TESTS.
SO I'VE GONE THROUGH THE SAME SERIES OF TESTS.
I HAD A FULL BODY MRI.
SERIES OF TESTS.
I HAD A FULL BODY MRI.
THEY FOUND A LESION JUST ABOVE I HAD A FULL BODY MRI.
THEY FOUND A LESION JUST ABOVE MY DIAPHRAGM.
THEY FOUND A LESION JUST ABOVE MY DIAPHRAGM.
>> IT'S A SLOW-GROWING CANCER MY DIAPHRAGM.
>> IT'S A SLOW-GROWING CANCER AND TREATABLE, IF DETECTED EARLY >> IT'S A SLOW-GROWING CANCER AND TREATABLE, IF DETECTED EARLY ENOUGH.
AND TREATABLE, IF DETECTED EARLY ENOUGH.
>> WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT WHAT ENOUGH.
>> WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT WHAT THEY FOUND HAD NO EXPLANATION >> WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT WHAT THEY FOUND HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE ISSUES I WAS CONCERNED THEY FOUND HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE ISSUES I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS FOR THE ISSUES I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS I WISH THAT I HADN'T KNOWN.
ABOUT, MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS I WISH THAT I HADN'T KNOWN.
BUT NOW, YES, I AM GLAD.
I WISH THAT I HADN'T KNOWN.
BUT NOW, YES, I AM GLAD.
BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS A BUT NOW, YES, I AM GLAD.
BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS A CANCER, YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS A CANCER, YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE CANCEROUS TUMORS.
CANCER, YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE CANCEROUS TUMORS.
THE TUMORS MUST BE SURGICALLY CANCEROUS TUMORS.
THE TUMORS MUST BE SURGICALLY REMOVED.
THE TUMORS MUST BE SURGICALLY REMOVED.
IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER REMOVED.
IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER COMPLICATIONS AND I WANT TO BE IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER COMPLICATIONS AND I WANT TO BE HERE FOR MY CHILDREN.
COMPLICATIONS AND I WANT TO BE HERE FOR MY CHILDREN.
I NEED TO BE HERE FOR MY HERE FOR MY CHILDREN.
I NEED TO BE HERE FOR MY CHILDREN.
I NEED TO BE HERE FOR MY CHILDREN.
>> SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER SECOND CHILDREN.
>> SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER SECOND DAUGHTER, KAELIN, AFTER >> SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER SECOND DAUGHTER, KAELIN, AFTER UNDERGOING A TEST WHICH DAUGHTER, KAELIN, AFTER UNDERGOING A TEST WHICH ERRONEOUSLY SHOWED THAT KAELIN UNDERGOING A TEST WHICH ERRONEOUSLY SHOWED THAT KAELIN WAS NORMAL.
ERRONEOUSLY SHOWED THAT KAELIN WAS NORMAL.
LAURIE KNEW THE FIRST WEEK THAT WAS NORMAL.
LAURIE KNEW THE FIRST WEEK THAT KAELIN WAS NOT NORMAL.
LAURIE KNEW THE FIRST WEEK THAT KAELIN WAS NOT NORMAL.
AND AFTER DOCTORS SEQUENCED HER KAELIN WAS NOT NORMAL.
AND AFTER DOCTORS SEQUENCED HER GENOME, SHE LEARNED THAT KAELIN AND AFTER DOCTORS SEQUENCED HER GENOME, SHE LEARNED THAT KAELIN HAS A RARE, NONHEREDITARY GENOME, SHE LEARNED THAT KAELIN HAS A RARE, NONHEREDITARY DISEASE CALLED WOLF SYNDROME.
HAS A RARE, NONHEREDITARY DISEASE CALLED WOLF SYNDROME.
HER 4-YEAR-OLD SON, RYAN'S DISEASE CALLED WOLF SYNDROME.
HER 4-YEAR-OLD SON, RYAN'S GENOME HAS ALSO BEEN SEQUENCED HER 4-YEAR-OLD SON, RYAN'S GENOME HAS ALSO BEEN SEQUENCED AND HE APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD GENOME HAS ALSO BEEN SEQUENCED AND HE APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH.
AND HE APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH.
FOR SOME PARENTS, GAINING HEALTH.
FOR SOME PARENTS, GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S FOR SOME PARENTS, GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S GENOME BEFORE THEY ARE BORN KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S GENOME BEFORE THEY ARE BORN WOULD HELP THEM BE BETTER GENOME BEFORE THEY ARE BORN WOULD HELP THEM BE BETTER PREPARED IN CASE THEIR CHILD HAS WOULD HELP THEM BE BETTER PREPARED IN CASE THEIR CHILD HAS SPECIAL NEEDS.
PREPARED IN CASE THEIR CHILD HAS SPECIAL NEEDS.
BUT IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SPECIAL NEEDS.
BUT IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ENCOURAGE SOME PARENTS TO CHOOSE BUT IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ENCOURAGE SOME PARENTS TO CHOOSE ABORTION.
ENCOURAGE SOME PARENTS TO CHOOSE ABORTION.
>> WE HAVE SOME PATIENTS WHO ABORTION.
>> WE HAVE SOME PATIENTS WHO HAVE WE FOLLOWED WHO HAVE USED >> WE HAVE SOME PATIENTS WHO HAVE WE FOLLOWED WHO HAVE USED IT FOR PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSIS, IN HAVE WE FOLLOWED WHO HAVE USED IT FOR PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSIS, IN SUCH A WAY TO AVOID HAVING IT FOR PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSIS, IN SUCH A WAY TO AVOID HAVING AFFECTED CHILDREN.
SUCH A WAY TO AVOID HAVING AFFECTED CHILDREN.
>> DR. KRANTS AND NANCY SPINNER AFFECTED CHILDREN.
>> DR. KRANTS AND NANCY SPINNER ARE MOST CONCERNED THAT THE >> DR. KRANTS AND NANCY SPINNER ARE MOST CONCERNED THAT THE SCIENCE HAS FEW GUIDELINES.
ARE MOST CONCERNED THAT THE SCIENCE HAS FEW GUIDELINES.
INCLUDING SAFEGUARDS FOR SCIENCE HAS FEW GUIDELINES.
INCLUDING SAFEGUARDS FOR PATIENTS' PRIVACY.
INCLUDING SAFEGUARDS FOR PATIENTS' PRIVACY.
>> WE LIVE IN A CAPITALISTIC PATIENTS' PRIVACY.
>> WE LIVE IN A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY.
>> WE LIVE IN A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY.
OFTEN WHEN SOMETHING IS SOCIETY.
OFTEN WHEN SOMETHING IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND OFTEN WHEN SOMETHING IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND FISCALLY FEASIBLE.
TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND FISCALLY FEASIBLE.
IT IS OFFERED AND THERE ARE FISCALLY FEASIBLE.
IT IS OFFERED AND THERE ARE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY WHO IS ARE IT IS OFFERED AND THERE ARE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY WHO IS ARE OFFERING THIS TESTING TO THE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY WHO IS ARE OFFERING THIS TESTING TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
OFFERING THIS TESTING TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
SO YOU CAN GO OUT, YOURSELF, AND INDIVIDUALS.
SO YOU CAN GO OUT, YOURSELF, AND PAY THE MONEY AND GET YOUR SO YOU CAN GO OUT, YOURSELF, AND PAY THE MONEY AND GET YOUR GENOME SEQUENCED.
PAY THE MONEY AND GET YOUR GENOME SEQUENCED.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE $1,000 GENOME SEQUENCED.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE $1,000 GENOME, BUT IT'S THE $1 MILLION THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE $1,000 GENOME, BUT IT'S THE $1 MILLION INTERPRETATION.
GENOME, BUT IT'S THE $1 MILLION INTERPRETATION.
BECAUSE CAN YOU GET THE INTERPRETATION.
BECAUSE CAN YOU GET THE SEQUENCE, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT BECAUSE CAN YOU GET THE SEQUENCE, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT DOES TAKES HUNDREDS OF HOURS SEQUENCE, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT DOES TAKES HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF MANPOWER TO INTERPRET AND IT DOES TAKES HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF MANPOWER TO INTERPRET AND UNDERSTAND.
OF MANPOWER TO INTERPRET AND UNDERSTAND.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN THAT GOOD AT UNDERSTAND.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN THAT GOOD AT IT.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN THAT GOOD AT IT.
>> AS FOR DR. KRANTS AND HIS IT.
>> AS FOR DR. KRANTS AND HIS WIFE NANCY AND THEIR THREE >> AS FOR DR. KRANTS AND HIS WIFE NANCY AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN -- WIFE NANCY AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN -- >> I HAVE TO SAY NEITHER NANCY CHILDREN -- >> I HAVE TO SAY NEITHER NANCY OR I OR ANYONE IN OUR FAMILY HAS >> I HAVE TO SAY NEITHER NANCY OR I OR ANYONE IN OUR FAMILY HAS HAD THEIR GENOME SEQUENCED YET.
OR I OR ANYONE IN OUR FAMILY HAS HAD THEIR GENOME SEQUENCED YET.
AND NOT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE HAD THEIR GENOME SEQUENCED YET.
AND NOT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE AND NOT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE REALLY SUBSCRIBE TO THE INTERESTED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE REALLY SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECREATIONAL SEQUENCING OF REALLY SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECREATIONAL SEQUENCING OF GENOMES.
RECREATIONAL SEQUENCING OF GENOMES.
IF THERE WAS A MEDICAL CONCERN, GENOMES.
IF THERE WAS A MEDICAL CONCERN, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HESITATE.
IF THERE WAS A MEDICAL CONCERN, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HESITATE.
>> FOR KATHLEEN, EVEN THOUGH THE I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HESITATE.
>> FOR KATHLEEN, EVEN THOUGH THE NEWS ABOUT LIAM WAS NOT GOOD, >> FOR KATHLEEN, EVEN THOUGH THE NEWS ABOUT LIAM WAS NOT GOOD, JUST KNOWING SEEMS TO HAVE MADE NEWS ABOUT LIAM WAS NOT GOOD, JUST KNOWING SEEMS TO HAVE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
JUST KNOWING SEEMS TO HAVE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> I THINK IT'S A MIRACLE, A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> I THINK IT'S A MIRACLE, BECAUSE I WAITED SO LONG.
>> I THINK IT'S A MIRACLE, BECAUSE I WAITED SO LONG.
AND AS HE WAS GETTING SICKER, I BECAUSE I WAITED SO LONG.
AND AS HE WAS GETTING SICKER, I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO PASS AWAY.
AND AS HE WAS GETTING SICKER, I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO PASS AWAY.
BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL SO GUILTY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO PASS AWAY.
BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL SO GUILTY THAT I DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING I BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL SO GUILTY THAT I DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE.
THAT I DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE.
NOW THAT I HAVE A NAME.
COULD HAVE.
NOW THAT I HAVE A NAME.
I NOW THERE'S NO CURE FOR HIM, NOW THAT I HAVE A NAME.
I NOW THERE'S NO CURE FOR HIM, BUT HE CAN HELP SO MANY OTHER I NOW THERE'S NO CURE FOR HIM, BUT HE CAN HELP SO MANY OTHER KIDS.
BUT HE CAN HELP SO MANY OTHER KIDS.
>> IT'S THE PROMISE OF HELP FOR KIDS.
>> IT'S THE PROMISE OF HELP FOR KIDS LIKE LIAM THAT DRIVES THE >> IT'S THE PROMISE OF HELP FOR KIDS LIKE LIAM THAT DRIVES THE SCIENCE THAT IS GOING SO FAST, KIDS LIKE LIAM THAT DRIVES THE SCIENCE THAT IS GOING SO FAST, THE ROADMAP WITH GUIDELINES AND SCIENCE THAT IS GOING SO FAST, THE ROADMAP WITH GUIDELINES AND WARNING SIGNS CAN'T KEEP UP.
THE ROADMAP WITH GUIDELINES AND WARNING SIGNS CAN'T KEEP UP.
AND AS THE TECHNOLOGY WARNING SIGNS CAN'T KEEP UP.
AND AS THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSES, THE ETHICAL ISSUES AND AS THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSES, THE ETHICAL ISSUES WILL BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
PROGRESSES, THE ETHICAL ISSUES WILL BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," I'M LUCKY SEVERSON FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," I'M LUCKY SEVERSON IN WESTCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.
NEWSWEEKLY," I'M LUCKY SEVERSON IN WESTCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.
>>> GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, IN WESTCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.
>>> GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN, IS PROBABLY BEST >>> GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN, IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1980s FEEL-GOOD BOBBY McFERRIN, IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1980s FEEL-GOOD HIT "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY."
KNOWN FOR HIS 1980s FEEL-GOOD HIT "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY."
BUT HE'S ALSO A COMPOSER AND HIT "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY."
BUT HE'S ALSO A COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR WHO HAS RELEASED BUT HE'S ALSO A COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR WHO HAS RELEASED ALBUMS IN A VARIETY OF GENRES.
CONDUCTOR WHO HAS RELEASED ALBUMS IN A VARIETY OF GENRES.
HE'S DELVING INTO RELIGIOUS ALBUMS IN A VARIETY OF GENRES.
HE'S DELVING INTO RELIGIOUS MUSIC WITH HIS LATEST PROJECT.
HE'S DELVING INTO RELIGIOUS MUSIC WITH HIS LATEST PROJECT.
IT INCLUDES FRA DIGGSAL MUSIC WITH HIS LATEST PROJECT.
IT INCLUDES FRA DIGGSAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND IT INCLUDES FRA DIGGSAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND RELIGIOUS SONGS.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND RELIGIOUS SONGS.
I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT MUSIC AND RELIGIOUS SONGS.
I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT MUSIC AND FAITH.
I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT MUSIC AND FAITH.
♪ SWING LOW♪ FAITH.
♪ SWING LOW♪ ♪ SWEET CHARIOT♪ ♪ SWING LOW♪ ♪ SWEET CHARIOT♪ >> TEN-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ♪ SWEET CHARIOT♪ >> TEN-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN, BELIEVES >> TEN-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN, BELIEVES MUSIC HAS A TRANSCENDENT POWER.
ARTIST, BOBBY McFERRIN, BELIEVES MUSIC HAS A TRANSCENDENT POWER.
>> HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO A MUSIC HAS A TRANSCENDENT POWER.
>> HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO A PIECE OF MUSIC AND FOR SOME >> HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO A PIECE OF MUSIC AND FOR SOME REASON, YOU JUST CAN'T PIECE OF MUSIC AND FOR SOME REASON, YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND, YOU SIMPLY BURST REASON, YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND, YOU SIMPLY BURST INTO TEARS?
UNDERSTAND, YOU SIMPLY BURST INTO TEARS?
MUSIC HAS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING INTO TEARS?
MUSIC HAS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING IN A WAY THAT LANGUAGE DOES NOT.
MUSIC HAS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING IN A WAY THAT LANGUAGE DOES NOT.
IT CAN GO PAST LANGUAGE.
IN A WAY THAT LANGUAGE DOES NOT.
IT CAN GO PAST LANGUAGE.
♪ IT CAN GO PAST LANGUAGE.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IN HIS CONCERT, THE ♪ >> IN HIS CONCERT, THE GENRE-BLENDING ARTIST IS KNOWN >> IN HIS CONCERT, THE GENRE-BLENDING ARTIST IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF WORDLESS GENRE-BLENDING ARTIST IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF WORDLESS IMPROVISATIONS, USING HIS VOICE FOR HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF WORDLESS IMPROVISATIONS, USING HIS VOICE AND HIS BODY AS ACCOMPANYING IMPROVISATIONS, USING HIS VOICE AND HIS BODY AS ACCOMPANYING INSTRUMENT.
AND HIS BODY AS ACCOMPANYING INSTRUMENT.
>> I'M NOT SO MUCH INTO PEOPLE INSTRUMENT.
>> I'M NOT SO MUCH INTO PEOPLE BEING WOWED OVER MY TECHNIQUE OR >> I'M NOT SO MUCH INTO PEOPLE BEING WOWED OVER MY TECHNIQUE OR WHAT I CAN DO.
BEING WOWED OVER MY TECHNIQUE OR WHAT I CAN DO.
STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT I CAN DO.
STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST A VEHICLE FOR ME.
STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST A VEHICLE FOR ME.
THAT'S JUST A VEHICLE FOR MY THAT'S JUST A VEHICLE FOR ME.
THAT'S JUST A VEHICLE FOR MY SPIRIT.
THAT'S JUST A VEHICLE FOR MY SPIRIT.
♪ SPIRIT.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> McFERRIN SAYS HIS CHRISTIAN ♪ >> McFERRIN SAYS HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH PERMEATES EVERYTHING HE >> McFERRIN SAYS HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH PERMEATES EVERYTHING HE DOES.
FAITH PERMEATES EVERYTHING HE DOES.
BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY EVIDENT IN DOES.
BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY EVIDENT IN HIS NEW ALBUM "SPIRIT Y'ALL" BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY EVIDENT IN HIS NEW ALBUM "SPIRIT Y'ALL" WHICH INCLUDES HIS HIS NEW ALBUM "SPIRIT Y'ALL" WHICH INCLUDES HIS INTERPRETATION OF CLASSIC WHICH INCLUDES HIS INTERPRETATION OF CLASSIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND INTERPRETATION OF CLASSIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND SEVERAL DEVOTIONAL SONGS THAT HE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND SEVERAL DEVOTIONAL SONGS THAT HE WROTE.
SEVERAL DEVOTIONAL SONGS THAT HE WROTE.
THE PROJECT HONORS THE LEGACY OF WROTE.
THE PROJECT HONORS THE LEGACY OF HIS FATHER, ROBERT McFERRIN THE PROJECT HONORS THE LEGACY OF HIS FATHER, ROBERT McFERRIN SENIOR, THE FIRST HIS FATHER, ROBERT McFERRIN SENIOR, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SING A TITLE SENIOR, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SING A TITLE ROLE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SING A TITLE ROLE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA.
HIS SENIOR McFERRIN ALSO ROLE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA.
HIS SENIOR McFERRIN ALSO RELEASED AN ALBUM OF SPIRITUALS, HIS SENIOR McFERRIN ALSO RELEASED AN ALBUM OF SPIRITUALS, "DEEP RIVER" IN 1957.
RELEASED AN ALBUM OF SPIRITUALS, "DEEP RIVER" IN 1957.
>> I NEVER HEARD MY FATHER PRAY.
"DEEP RIVER" IN 1957.
>> I NEVER HEARD MY FATHER PRAY.
I KNOW THAT HE GOT ON HIS KNEES >> I NEVER HEARD MY FATHER PRAY.
I KNOW THAT HE GOT ON HIS KNEES MANY TIMES BEFORE I WENT TO BED I KNOW THAT HE GOT ON HIS KNEES MANY TIMES BEFORE I WENT TO BED AT NIGHT AND PRAYED.
MANY TIMES BEFORE I WENT TO BED AT NIGHT AND PRAYED.
BUT I ALWAYS HEARD HIM PRAY AT NIGHT AND PRAYED.
BUT I ALWAYS HEARD HIM PRAY WHENEVER HE SANG THESE BUT I ALWAYS HEARD HIM PRAY WHENEVER HE SANG THESE SPIRITUALS.
WHENEVER HE SANG THESE SPIRITUALS.
♪ EVERY TIME I SEE HIS FACE♪ SPIRITUALS.
♪ EVERY TIME I SEE HIS FACE♪ >> McFERRIN SAYS SONGS LIKE ♪ EVERY TIME I SEE HIS FACE♪ >> McFERRIN SAYS SONGS LIKE "EVERY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT" >> McFERRIN SAYS SONGS LIKE "EVERY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT" STILL RESONATE TODAY.
"EVERY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT" STILL RESONATE TODAY.
>> I CERTAINLY TRY TO PRAY THEM STILL RESONATE TODAY.
>> I CERTAINLY TRY TO PRAY THEM AS I'M SINGING THEM.
>> I CERTAINLY TRY TO PRAY THEM AS I'M SINGING THEM.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AS I'M SINGING THEM.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THE HOPE IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THE HOPE IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THESE PIECES, THAT THEY'LL AND THE HOPE IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THESE PIECES, THAT THEY'LL CARRY THEM HOME WITH THEM AND HEAR THESE PIECES, THAT THEY'LL CARRY THEM HOME WITH THEM AND THEN THEY'LL INSPIRE THEM TO CARRY THEM HOME WITH THEM AND THEN THEY'LL INSPIRE THEM TO BEGIN A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OR TO THEN THEY'LL INSPIRE THEM TO BEGIN A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OR TO CONTINUE ON IT.
BEGIN A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OR TO CONTINUE ON IT.
>> McFERRIN, WHOSE GRANDFATHER CONTINUE ON IT.
>> McFERRIN, WHOSE GRANDFATHER WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER, GREW UP >> McFERRIN, WHOSE GRANDFATHER WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER, GREW UP IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER, GREW UP IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
>> WHEN I WAS 16, I WANTED TO IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
>> WHEN I WAS 16, I WANTED TO BECOME A MONK.
>> WHEN I WAS 16, I WANTED TO BECOME A MONK.
>> A CATHOLIC MONK?
BECOME A MONK.
>> A CATHOLIC MONK?
>> AN ANGLICAN MONK.
>> A CATHOLIC MONK?
>> AN ANGLICAN MONK.
IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE >> AN ANGLICAN MONK.
IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
I WAS VERY ATTRACTED TO THE LIFE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
I WAS VERY ATTRACTED TO THE LIFE OF QUIET STRUCTURE.
I WAS VERY ATTRACTED TO THE LIFE OF QUIET STRUCTURE.
♪ OF QUIET STRUCTURE.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HE SAYS HE GAVE UP ON THE ♪ >> HE SAYS HE GAVE UP ON THE IDEA IN HIS EARLY 20s, WHEN HE >> HE SAYS HE GAVE UP ON THE IDEA IN HIS EARLY 20s, WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS MEANT TO BE A IDEA IN HIS EARLY 20s, WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS MEANT TO BE A SINGER.
REALIZED HE WAS MEANT TO BE A SINGER.
BUT THE RELIGIOUS IMPULSES SINGER.
BUT THE RELIGIOUS IMPULSES REMAIN.
BUT THE RELIGIOUS IMPULSES REMAIN.
>> I'M STILL A VERY QUIET GUY.
REMAIN.
>> I'M STILL A VERY QUIET GUY.
AND I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES, I >> I'M STILL A VERY QUIET GUY.
AND I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES, I STILL READ THE BIBLE THROUGH, AND I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES, I STILL READ THE BIBLE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AND OVER STILL READ THE BIBLE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS FIND THINGS AGAIN.
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS FIND THINGS THERE.
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS FIND THINGS THERE.
YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HADN'T SEEN THERE.
YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.
I COULD READ THE SAME VERSE BEFORE.
I COULD READ THE SAME VERSE 1,000 TIMES, BUT THE 1,001st I COULD READ THE SAME VERSE 1,000 TIMES, BUT THE 1,001st TIME I READ IT, I'LL FIND 1,000 TIMES, BUT THE 1,001st TIME I READ IT, I'LL FIND SOMETHING IN IT I HADN'T SEEN TIME I READ IT, I'LL FIND SOMETHING IN IT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.
SOMETHING IN IT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.
>> McFERRIN SAYS WHEN HE'S NOT BEFORE.
>> McFERRIN SAYS WHEN HE'S NOT TRAVELING, HE ATTENDS AN >> McFERRIN SAYS WHEN HE'S NOT TRAVELING, HE ATTENDS AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
TRAVELING, HE ATTENDS AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE NARROW EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE NARROW LABELS.
BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE NARROW LABELS.
♪ LABELS.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I DON'T REALLY THINK OF ♪ >> I DON'T REALLY THINK OF MYSELF AS A RELIGIOUS PERSON PER >> I DON'T REALLY THINK OF MYSELF AS A RELIGIOUS PERSON PER MYSELF AS A RELIGIOUS PERSON PER SE, BUT MORE OF A SPIRITUAL SE, BUT MORE OF A SPIRITUAL PERSON, WHO FOLLOWS CHRIST, WHO SE, BUT MORE OF A SPIRITUAL PERSON, WHO FOLLOWS CHRIST, WHO FOLLOWS JESUS AS MY SPIRITUAL PERSON, WHO FOLLOWS CHRIST, WHO FOLLOWS JESUS AS MY SPIRITUAL MASTER.
FOLLOWS JESUS AS MY SPIRITUAL MASTER.
♪ DON'T WORRY♪ MASTER.
♪ DON'T WORRY♪ ♪ BE HAPPY♪ ♪ DON'T WORRY♪ ♪ BE HAPPY♪ >> THE 63-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN IS ♪ BE HAPPY♪ >> THE 63-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1988 >> THE 63-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1988 HIT, "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY."
PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1988 HIT, "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY."
IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, HE'S HIT, "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY."
IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, HE'S CONDUCTED CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, HE'S CONDUCTED CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAS AND RELEASED ALBUMS FEATURING CONDUCTED CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAS AND RELEASED ALBUMS FEATURING STYLES FROM ACROSS THE MUSICAL AND RELEASED ALBUMS FEATURING STYLES FROM ACROSS THE MUSICAL SPECTRUM.
STYLES FROM ACROSS THE MUSICAL SPECTRUM.
HE FREQUENTLY WORKS WITH YOUNG SPECTRUM.
HE FREQUENTLY WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, TRYING TO HELP THEM SEE HE FREQUENTLY WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, TRYING TO HELP THEM SEE THE POWER OF MUSIC AS WELL.
PEOPLE, TRYING TO HELP THEM SEE THE POWER OF MUSIC AS WELL.
IT'S A LESSON HE SAYS HE LEARNED THE POWER OF MUSIC AS WELL.
IT'S A LESSON HE SAYS HE LEARNED AT AN EARLY AGE.
IT'S A LESSON HE SAYS HE LEARNED AT AN EARLY AGE.
>> MY MOER KNEW ALL ABOUT THIS AT AN EARLY AGE.
>> MY MOER KNEW ALL ABOUT THIS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, MY MOTHER >> MY MOER KNEW ALL ABOUT THIS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, MY MOTHER KNEW HOW MUSIC WAS A HEALING WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, MY MOTHER KNEW HOW MUSIC WAS A HEALING BALM.
KNEW HOW MUSIC WAS A HEALING BALM.
BECAUSE WHENEVER I WAS SICK, SHE BALM.
BECAUSE WHENEVER I WAS SICK, SHE WOULD GIVE ME TWO THINGS.
BECAUSE WHENEVER I WAS SICK, SHE WOULD GIVE ME TWO THINGS.
SHE WOULD GIVE ME MEDICINE FOR WOULD GIVE ME TWO THINGS.
SHE WOULD GIVE ME MEDICINE FOR MY ACHES AND PAINS AND SHE WOULD SHE WOULD GIVE ME MEDICINE FOR MY ACHES AND PAINS AND SHE WOULD GIVE ME MUSIC FOR MY SPIRIT.
MY ACHES AND PAINS AND SHE WOULD GIVE ME MUSIC FOR MY SPIRIT.
THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN I WALKED GIVE ME MUSIC FOR MY SPIRIT.
THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN I WALKED ON STAGE ILL, NOT THINKING I THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN I WALKED ON STAGE ILL, NOT THINKING I COULD ACTUALLY GO ON AND DO MY ON STAGE ILL, NOT THINKING I COULD ACTUALLY GO ON AND DO MY PERFORMANCE.
COULD ACTUALLY GO ON AND DO MY PERFORMANCE.
AND I WOULD WALK OFFSTAGE WELL.
PERFORMANCE.
AND I WOULD WALK OFFSTAGE WELL.
MUSIC DOES HAVE INCREDIBLE POWER AND I WOULD WALK OFFSTAGE WELL.
MUSIC DOES HAVE INCREDIBLE POWER TO REARRANGE YOUR INSIDES, YOU MUSIC DOES HAVE INCREDIBLE POWER TO REARRANGE YOUR INSIDES, YOU KNOW.
TO REARRANGE YOUR INSIDES, YOU KNOW.
REARRANGE YOUR THOUGHTS.
KNOW.
REARRANGE YOUR THOUGHTS.
HEAL YOUR BODY.
REARRANGE YOUR THOUGHTS.
HEAL YOUR BODY.
>> McFERRIN SAYS HE SEES THE HEAL YOUR BODY.
>> McFERRIN SAYS HE SEES THE SPIRITUAL ALL AROUND HIM.
>> McFERRIN SAYS HE SEES THE SPIRITUAL ALL AROUND HIM.
>> JUST BEING IS A RELIGIOUS SPIRITUAL ALL AROUND HIM.
>> JUST BEING IS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
>> JUST BEING IS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE.
THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
JUST BEING IS HOLY.
THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
JUST BEING IS HOLY.
♪ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD♪ JUST BEING IS HOLY.
♪ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD♪ >> McFERRIN'S FAVORITE BOOK IN ♪ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD♪ >> McFERRIN'S FAVORITE BOOK IN THE BIBLE IS THE PSALMS.
>> McFERRIN'S FAVORITE BOOK IN THE BIBLE IS THE PSALMS.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE WROTE A THE BIBLE IS THE PSALMS.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE WROTE A SONG BASED ON THE PSALM 23.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE WROTE A SONG BASED ON THE PSALM 23.
BUT IN HIS VERSION, THE LOVE OF SONG BASED ON THE PSALM 23.
BUT IN HIS VERSION, THE LOVE OF GOD TAKES ON A FEMININE FORM.
BUT IN HIS VERSION, THE LOVE OF GOD TAKES ON A FEMININE FORM.
♪ SHE RIGHTS MY WRONGS♪ GOD TAKES ON A FEMININE FORM.
♪ SHE RIGHTS MY WRONGS♪ >> THE SONG HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY ♪ SHE RIGHTS MY WRONGS♪ >> THE SONG HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY CHOIRS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, >> THE SONG HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY CHOIRS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THIS ONE CALLED CHOIRS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THIS ONE CALLED "SINGING QUAKER WOMEN PLUS OTHER INCLUDING THIS ONE CALLED "SINGING QUAKER WOMEN PLUS OTHER FAITHFUL FRIENDS."
"SINGING QUAKER WOMEN PLUS OTHER FAITHFUL FRIENDS."
>> McFERRIN SAYS THE SONG WAS FAITHFUL FRIENDS."
>> McFERRIN SAYS THE SONG WAS INSPIRED AFTER HE AND HIS CHOIR >> McFERRIN SAYS THE SONG WAS INSPIRED AFTER HE AND HIS CHOIR WERE REHEARSING IN A CHURCH AND INSPIRED AFTER HE AND HIS CHOIR WERE REHEARSING IN A CHURCH AND BEGAN DISCUSSING THE MANY MALE WERE REHEARSING IN A CHURCH AND BEGAN DISCUSSING THE MANY MALE IMAGES IN THE BIBLE.
BEGAN DISCUSSING THE MANY MALE IMAGES IN THE BIBLE.
>> THIS SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE, IMAGES IN THE BIBLE.
>> THIS SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE, PEOPLE FORGET YOU KNOW, A >> THIS SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE, PEOPLE FORGET YOU KNOW, A FATHER'S LOVE AND THEN THERE'S A PEOPLE FORGET YOU KNOW, A FATHER'S LOVE AND THEN THERE'S A MOTHER'S LOVE, WHICH COMPLEMENTS FATHER'S LOVE AND THEN THERE'S A MOTHER'S LOVE, WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE FATHER'S LOVE AND THEY FIT MOTHER'S LOVE, WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE FATHER'S LOVE AND THEY FIT TOGETHER NICELY.
THE FATHER'S LOVE AND THEY FIT TOGETHER NICELY.
SO THAT'S WHY I WROTE IT.
TOGETHER NICELY.
SO THAT'S WHY I WROTE IT.
>> THE NEW ALBUM HAS A SONG HE SO THAT'S WHY I WROTE IT.
>> THE NEW ALBUM HAS A SONG HE WROTE BASED ON PSALM 25, VERSE >> THE NEW ALBUM HAS A SONG HE WROTE BASED ON PSALM 25, VERSE 15.
WROTE BASED ON PSALM 25, VERSE 15.
♪ WELL YOU KNOW THE MIND IS 15.
♪ WELL YOU KNOW THE MIND IS FOREVER ON THE LORD♪ ♪ WELL YOU KNOW THE MIND IS FOREVER ON THE LORD♪ >> SPIRITUAL ALSO INCLUDES FOREVER ON THE LORD♪ >> SPIRITUAL ALSO INCLUDES ANOTHER FEMININE REFERENCE TO >> SPIRITUAL ALSO INCLUDES ANOTHER FEMININE REFERENCE TO GOD.
ANOTHER FEMININE REFERENCE TO GOD.
♪ SHE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD♪ GOD.
♪ SHE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD♪ ♪ IN HER HANDS♪ ♪ SHE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD♪ ♪ IN HER HANDS♪ >> IN HIS CONCERTS SUCH AS THIS ♪ IN HER HANDS♪ >> IN HIS CONCERTS SUCH AS THIS ONE AT ST. LEWIS'S CONCERT HALL, >> IN HIS CONCERTS SUCH AS THIS ONE AT ST. LEWIS'S CONCERT HALL, McFERRIN ALWAYS ENCOURAGES THE ONE AT ST. LEWIS'S CONCERT HALL, McFERRIN ALWAYS ENCOURAGES THE AUDIENCE TO SING ALONG.
McFERRIN ALWAYS ENCOURAGES THE AUDIENCE TO SING ALONG.
OFTEN PULLING PEOPLE UP ON THE AUDIENCE TO SING ALONG.
OFTEN PULLING PEOPLE UP ON THE STAGE TO JOIN HIM.
OFTEN PULLING PEOPLE UP ON THE STAGE TO JOIN HIM.
>> I LIKE TO THINK THAT STAGE TO JOIN HIM.
>> I LIKE TO THINK THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU COME INTO >> I LIKE TO THINK THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU COME INTO THE CONCERT HALL, AT THE REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU COME INTO THE CONCERT HALL, AT THE BEGINNING, YOU'LL LEAVE THE CONCERT HALL, AT THE BEGINNING, YOU'LL LEAVE DIFFERENTLY.
BEGINNING, YOU'LL LEAVE DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF MY JOB DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF MY JOB DESCRIPTION AS AN ARTIST.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF MY JOB DESCRIPTION AS AN ARTIST.
IS MOVING PEOPLE TO MAKE DESCRIPTION AS AN ARTIST.
IS MOVING PEOPLE TO MAKE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THEIR IS MOVING PEOPLE TO MAKE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES.
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES.
>> ANOTHER PART OF HIS JOB LIVES.
>> ANOTHER PART OF HIS JOB DESCRIPTION HE SAYS, IS MOVING >> ANOTHER PART OF HIS JOB DESCRIPTION HE SAYS, IS MOVING PEOPLE TO JOY.
DESCRIPTION HE SAYS, IS MOVING PEOPLE TO JOY.
♪ PEOPLE TO JOY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IF THERE'S ANY ONE THING I ♪ >> IF THERE'S ANY ONE THING I WANT, IT'S FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL >> IF THERE'S ANY ONE THING I WANT, IT'S FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT SENSE OF JOY.
WANT, IT'S FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT SENSE OF JOY.
THE JOY THAT I FEEL JUST BEING THAT SENSE OF JOY.
THE JOY THAT I FEEL JUST BEING ABLE TO SING.
THE JOY THAT I FEEL JUST BEING ABLE TO SING.
AND GETTING A ROOMFUL OF ABLE TO SING.
AND GETTING A ROOMFUL OF STRANGERS TO SING TOGETHER?
AND GETTING A ROOMFUL OF STRANGERS TO SING TOGETHER?
WHAT A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE THAT IS STRANGERS TO SING TOGETHER?
WHAT A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE THAT IS FOR ME.
WHAT A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE THAT IS FOR ME.
I LOVE IT.
FOR ME.
I LOVE IT.
♪ I'M LEANING ON YOUR ARM, YES I LOVE IT.
♪ I'M LEANING ON YOUR ARM, YES INDEED, LORD♪ ♪ I'M LEANING ON YOUR ARM, YES INDEED, LORD♪ >> McFERRIN SAYS HE BELIEVES GOD INDEED, LORD♪ >> McFERRIN SAYS HE BELIEVES GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIS MUSIC.
>> McFERRIN SAYS HE BELIEVES GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIS MUSIC.
BUT HE SAYS THAT DOESN'T MAKE SPEAKS THROUGH HIS MUSIC.
BUT HE SAYS THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM UNIQUE.
BUT HE SAYS THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM UNIQUE.
>> GOD DOESN'T SPEAK THROUGH ME HIM UNIQUE.
>> GOD DOESN'T SPEAK THROUGH ME AND NOT THROUGH YOU FOR SOME >> GOD DOESN'T SPEAK THROUGH ME AND NOT THROUGH YOU FOR SOME REASON.
AND NOT THROUGH YOU FOR SOME REASON.
HE SPEAKS TO EVERYONE.
REASON.
HE SPEAKS TO EVERYONE.
AND WE IN TURN, CAN OPEN UP OUR HE SPEAKS TO EVERYONE.
AND WE IN TURN, CAN OPEN UP OUR MOUTHS OR OPEN UP OUR HANDS OR AND WE IN TURN, CAN OPEN UP OUR MOUTHS OR OPEN UP OUR HANDS OR OUR MINDS OR WHATEVER, OUR MOUTHS OR OPEN UP OUR HANDS OR OUR MINDS OR WHATEVER, OUR PROFESSION, AND LET GOD SPEAK OUR MINDS OR WHATEVER, OUR PROFESSION, AND LET GOD SPEAK THROUGH US TO OTHER PEOPLE.
PROFESSION, AND LET GOD SPEAK THROUGH US TO OTHER PEOPLE.
♪ THROUGH US TO OTHER PEOPLE.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> MY FATHER USED TO SAY THE ♪ >> MY FATHER USED TO SAY THE LORD HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH A >> MY FATHER USED TO SAY THE LORD HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH A TALENT.
LORD HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH A TALENT.
IT'S NOT MY GIFT.
TALENT.
IT'S NOT MY GIFT.
THE LORD HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH A IT'S NOT MY GIFT.
THE LORD HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH A TALENT AND I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THE LORD HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH A TALENT AND I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THAT WAY.
TALENT AND I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THAT WAY.
THAT HE'S GIVEN ME THIS GIFT TO THAT WAY.
THAT HE'S GIVEN ME THIS GIFT TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT HE'S GIVEN ME THIS GIFT TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
TO UPLIFT HEARTS.
SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
TO UPLIFT HEARTS.
♪ I FEEL BETTER♪ TO UPLIFT HEARTS.
♪ I FEEL BETTER♪ ♪ SO MUCH BETTER♪ ♪ I FEEL BETTER♪ ♪ SO MUCH BETTER♪ ♪ SINCE I LET♪ ♪ SO MUCH BETTER♪ ♪ SINCE I LET♪ >> HE SAID WHILE HIS NEW ALBUM ♪ SINCE I LET♪ >> HE SAID WHILE HIS NEW ALBUM COMES OUT OF HIS CHRISTIAN >> HE SAID WHILE HIS NEW ALBUM COMES OUT OF HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH, HE SAYS THOSE OF OTHER COMES OUT OF HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH, HE SAYS THOSE OF OTHER FAITHS HE HOPES WILL BE UPLIFTED FAITH, HE SAYS THOSE OF OTHER FAITHS HE HOPES WILL BE UPLIFTED BY HIS SPIRIT.
FAITHS HE HOPES WILL BE UPLIFTED BY HIS SPIRIT.
♪ BY HIS SPIRIT.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>> TRIBUTES FLOODED IN THIS [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>> TRIBUTES FLOODED IN THIS WEEK FOR ROBERT BELLAH, THE >>> TRIBUTES FLOODED IN THIS WEEK FOR ROBERT BELLAH, THE PROMINENT SOCIALOLOGIST OF WEEK FOR ROBERT BELLAH, THE PROMINENT SOCIALOLOGIST OF RELIGION WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF PROMINENT SOCIALOLOGIST OF RELIGION WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 86.
RELIGION WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 86.
THE LONG-TIME PROFESSOR AT THE 86.
THE LONG-TIME PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE LONG-TIME PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY WAS WIDELY RESPECTED UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY WAS WIDELY RESPECTED FOR HIS STUDY OF THE ROLE OF BERKELEY WAS WIDELY RESPECTED FOR HIS STUDY OF THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE.
FOR HIS STUDY OF THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE.
AND PARTICULARLY, AMERICA'S RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE.
AND PARTICULARLY, AMERICA'S TRADITION OF CIVIL RELIGION.
AND PARTICULARLY, AMERICA'S TRADITION OF CIVIL RELIGION.
AMONG HIS BEST-KNOWN WORKS WAS TRADITION OF CIVIL RELIGION.
AMONG HIS BEST-KNOWN WORKS WAS THE INFLUENTIAL "HABITS OF THE AMONG HIS BEST-KNOWN WORKS WAS THE INFLUENTIAL "HABITS OF THE HEART" FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1985, THE INFLUENTIAL "HABITS OF THE HEART" FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1985, AND STILL REQUIRED READING IN HEART" FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1985, AND STILL REQUIRED READING IN NUMEROUS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS.
AND STILL REQUIRED READING IN NUMEROUS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS.
>>> FINALLY, ON OUR CALENDAR, ON NUMEROUS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS.
>>> FINALLY, ON OUR CALENDAR, ON AUGUST 15th, JAPANESE BUDDHISTS >>> FINALLY, ON OUR CALENDAR, ON AUGUST 15th, JAPANESE BUDDHISTS OBSERVE OBON, AND ALSO ON AUGUST AUGUST 15th, JAPANESE BUDDHISTS OBSERVE OBON, AND ALSO ON AUGUST 15th, ROMAN CATHOLICS CELEBRATE OBSERVE OBON, AND ALSO ON AUGUST 15th, ROMAN CATHOLICS CELEBRATE THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN 15th, ROMAN CATHOLICS CELEBRATE THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
WHICH THEY BELIEVE MARY AT THE MARY.
WHICH THEY BELIEVE MARY AT THE END OF HER LIFE ON EARTH WAS WHICH THEY BELIEVE MARY AT THE END OF HER LIFE ON EARTH WAS ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN, BODY AND END OF HER LIFE ON EARTH WAS ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN, BODY AND SOUL.
ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN, BODY AND SOUL.
AND THERE ARE MORE MARY SOUL.
AND THERE ARE MORE MARY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK IN AND THERE ARE MORE MARY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK IN CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, WHERE TENS CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK IN CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOSTLY CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOSTLY VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS GATHER OF THOUSANDS OF MOSTLY VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS GATHER WHERE THEY OFFER THANKS FOR THE VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS GATHER WHERE THEY OFFER THANKS FOR THE FREEDOMS THEY HAVE IN AMERICA.
WHERE THEY OFFER THANKS FOR THE FREEDOMS THEY HAVE IN AMERICA.
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW, I'M FREEDOMS THEY HAVE IN AMERICA.
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