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After almost 20 years of distinctive coverage of religion on mainstream television, this will be the final episode of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. This week, correspondent Kim Lawton looks back at some of the many changes in the religious landscape that she has covered over the last two decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAcross the US and around the world, I\u2019ve witnessed the many ways people worship, express their spirituality, seek the sacred, and build community. The perseverance of faith and hope, even in the most difficult circumstances, continues to inspire me.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":34825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast"],"yoast_head":"\nLooking Back: Kim Lawton | February 24, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2017\/02\/24\/looking-back-kim-lawton\/34736\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking Back: Kim Lawton | 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